GZDoom (Series) Alternatives

GZDoom is described as 'ZDoom is a family of enhanced ports of the Doom engine for running on modern operating systems. It runs on Windows, Linux, and OS X, and adds new features not found in the games as originally published by id Software' and is a first-person shooter in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to GZDoom for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Steam apps. The best GZDoom alternative is Quake. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try idTech4A++ or BuildGDX. Other GZDoom like games are Doom, LZDoom, Doomsday Engine and Anarch.

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  1. SPRAWL 96 icon
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    SPRAWL 96 is a celebration of our retro shooter SPRAWL, released for the first anniversary of SPRAWL's release. It’s also our way of giving thanks and giving back to the communities which made SPRAWL possible.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Risen3D icon
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    Risen3D is an advanced Doom port by Graham Jackson based on Jaakko Keranen's Doomsday port. Risen3D should be used as a stand alone port as it does not require any of the Doomsday binaries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  3. Odamex icon
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    Odamex is a free, cross-platform modification of the Doom engine. A copy of Doom, Doom II, Freedoom or Chex Quest is recommended to play it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. dhewm3 icon
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    dhewm 3 is a Doom 3 GPL source port, known to work on at least Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Wrack: Exoverse is the follow-up to the 2014 first-person shooter Wrack. It was a very fast-paced, arcade-style game with heavy influences from classic shooters like Doom and Quake.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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  6. DUSK icon
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    Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. ECWolf icon
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    ECWolf is an advanced source port for Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, and Super 3D Noah's Ark based off of the Wolf4SDL code base. ECWolf pulls a substantial amount of code from ZDoom and aims to provide a wide array of mod editing capabilities without the need to modify...

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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