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DOOM: The Dark Ages

DOOM: The Dark Ages

DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.

compatibility/doom-the-dark-ages
Status Verified
Performance Good
Metascore — not rated
Controller Supported
Cloud Saves Available
Proton Proton 11.0-1b (latest)
Release date: May 14, 2025 · Last tested: August 10, 2026
performance/fps
1080p60FPS
1440p60FPS
4K50FPS

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Steam Machine compatibility

DOOM: The Dark Ages is Steam Machine verified. Runs out of the box Tested on Proton 11.0-1b (latest).

Basic

Setting1080p1440p4K
Window Mode Fullscreen Fullscreen Fullscreen
Resolution 1920 x 1080 2560 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Vertical Sync Off Off Off
Present From Compute On On On
Resolution Scaling Mode Off Off Off
Resolution Scaling Target FPS Off Off Off
Chromatic Aberration Off Off Off
Depth Of Field Off Off Off
Variable Rate Shading On On On

Quality

Setting1080p1440p4K
Resolution Scaling Mode (Upscaler) Static Static Static
Upscaler FSR FSR FSR
FSR Mode Quality Performance Ultra Performance
FSR Frame Generation Off Off Off
Motion Blur Off Off Off
Path Tracing Off Off Off
Texture Pool Size 1536 1536 1536
Shadow Quality Medium Medium Medium
Reflections Quality Low Low Low

Extra

Setting1080p1440p4K
Lights Quality High High High
Particles Quality High High High
Decal Quality High High High
Water Quality Low Low Low
Volumetric Quality Medium Medium Medium
Texture Filtering Quality Ultra Ultra Ultra
Geometric Quality High High High
Shading Quality High High Medium
Directional Occlusion High High High