# Doom II

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Doom II and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a classic that runs well even on old hardware, such as vintage 486 PCs, and as a long-loved favorite. No critics were noted.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs well on old hardware (2 comments): "Got it to run surprisingly well on a brand new Tandy 486DX2" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719073)) "I could play DooM 2 on it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47219764))
- Long-loved favorite classic game (1 comments): "This and Rollercoaster Tycoon and Doom II was my jam." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48306622))
- Praised alongside similar classic games (2 comments): "This and Rollercoaster Tycoon and Doom II was my jam." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48306622)) "which were also pretty incredible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46213138))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Quake](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake.md): 118 recommend
- [Doom by id Software](https://hackerapproved.com/p/doom.md): 102 recommend
- [Unreal Tournament 2004](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unreal-tournament-2004.md): 51 recommend
- [Quake III Arena](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-iii-arena.md): 49 recommend
- [Half-Life](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life.md): 42 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Doom II", https://hackerapproved.com/p/doom-2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).