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The 10 best id Software, Inc. games

The 10 best id Software, Inc. games, as the players of dos.games rate them. DOOM II: Hell on Earth leads the list, ahead of DOOM and The Ultimate DOOM.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated October 25, 2026How the lists are ranked

13Id Software, Inc. games in the archive
10 of 10Play in your browser
3.9Score of #1, out of 5

1. DOOM II: Hell on Earth
1994 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.9 out of 5Played all the time
In id Software's 1994 sequel to the original Doom, you play the same hero: the last remaining space marine.
Play now: DOOM II: Hell on Earth About the game
2. DOOM
1993 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.8 out of 5Played all the time
The Union Aerospace Corporation has been experimenting with teleportation technology on Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos.
Play now: DOOM About the game
3. The Ultimate DOOM
1995 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.4 out of 5Played a lot
Demons from Hell have overrun the planet, and you are the brave space marine who is forced to defeat them and send them back to where they came from.
Play now: The Ultimate DOOM About the game
4. Quake II
1997 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.4 out of 5Played a lot
Quake II takes place in a science fiction environment.
Play now: Quake II About the game
5. Quake
1996 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.4 out of 5Played a lot
An enemy with the codename ''Quake'', which is believed to come from another dimension, is using teleporter gates to invade Earth.
Play now: Quake About the game
6. Wolfenstein 3D
1992 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.3 out of 5Played a lot
Wolfenstein 3D is an episodic first-person shooter and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein.
Play now: Wolfenstein 3D About the game
7. Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars
1990 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.3 out of 5Played a lot
Billy "Commander Keen" Blaze, an eight-year-old genius, has flied to Mars in his Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket build out of common household objects.
Play now: Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars About the game
8. Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!
1991 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.3 out of 5Played now and then
Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!
Play now: Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!About the game
9. Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
1990 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.2 out of 5Played often
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes is the second game in the first trilogy of Commander Keen platform games, called Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons.In this episode a Vorticon Mothership is poised above Earth, preparing to destroy the planet with their deadly Tantalus Rays!
Play now: Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes About the game
10. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
1991 · id Software, Inc. · Action
3.2 out of 5Played now and then
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a platform game, the fifth in the Commander Keen series as a whole, and the second in the second series Goodbye, Galaxy.Eight-year-old genius Billy "Commander Keen" Blaze, having learnt about the alien Shikadi's plans to destroy the galaxy, arrives on board of their ship, the Omegamatic, in order to destroy it and prevent the evil deed.
Play now: Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine About the game

Ranks 11–13

More great id Software, Inc. games

11. Commander Keen 4: Secret of the OracleApogee Software, Ltd. · Action · 1991Played now and then
Now and then
3.2 out of 5
12. Commander Keen: Keen DreamsSoftdisk Publishing · Action · 1991Played now and then
Now and then
3.2 out of 5
13. Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!Apogee Software, Ltd. · Action · 1990Rarely played
Rarely
3.2 out of 5

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What is the best id Software, Inc. game?

DOOM II: Hell on Earth (1994, id Software, Inc.) is the best id Software, Inc. game by our players' ratings, ahead of DOOM and The Ultimate DOOM. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these id Software, Inc. games online?

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How many id Software, Inc. games are there on dos.games?

13. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great id Software, Inc. games?

1990. 2 of the games on this list came out that year: Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars and Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes.

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