Games like Duke Nukem 3D
Closest overall match: Half-Life (★ 4.4). Highest rated: DOOM II at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: DOOM II at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Duke Nukem 3D? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are 1990's, Singleplayer and First-Person.
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68%
1. Half-Life
Shares Linear, 1990's, Aliens, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 96
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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67%
2. DOOM
Shares Mature, 1990's, Violent, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 83
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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66%
3. DOOM II
Shares 1990's, Violent, First-Person, cooperative and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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64%
4. Wolfenstein 3D
Shares 1990's, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 1992
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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63%
5. Quake
Shares 1990's, First-Person, cooperative and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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62%
6. Shadow Warrior
Shares Dark Humor, 1990's, Violent, Comedy and First-Person and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 1.0 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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60%
7. Final DOOM
Shares 1990's, First-Person, cooperative and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
8. Duke Nukem Forever
Shares Dark Humor, Linear, Mature, Aliens and Comedy and 2 more tags; same developer; rated 1.5 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 54
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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59%
9. Star Wars: Dark Forces
Shares 1990's, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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58%
10. Quake III Arena
Shares 1990's, First-Person and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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58%
11. Grand Theft Auto III
Shares Mature, Violent and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
12. Unreal Tournament
Shares 1990's and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Duke Nukem 3D?
On our similarity model, Half-Life is the closest match to Duke Nukem 3D — shares Linear, 1990's, Aliens, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
Which game like Duke Nukem 3D is rated highest?
DOOM II holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 737 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Duke Nukem 3D on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.