Games like Heretic + Hexen
If Heretic + Hexen is your kind of game, the closest matches are DOOM + DOOM II, Blood: Refreshed Supply™ and Quake II — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Heretic + Hexen revives two landmark 90s shooters that blend first-person action with fantasy RPG elements. Players navigate interconnected hub areas using Metroidvania-style backtracking, solving environmental puzzles and mastering dungeon-crawling encounters along the way. Hexen introduces three distinct classes, each offering unique abilities that players describe as adding satisfying depth to the experience. The remastered soundtrack by Andrew Hulshult enhances the atmospheric dark fantasy setting, while modern multiplayer support enables both local and online co-op play. Released in 2025 at $14.99, the duology has earned 95% positive reviews from over 1,200 Steam users. Challenging difficulty and checkpoint-based progression define these medium-length adventures, verified for play on Steam Deck.
About Heretic + Hexen: Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
Players who liked Heretic + Hexen also play
Steam players who put hours into Heretic + Hexen also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Top pick for Heretic + Hexen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Blood: Refreshed Supply™
WHY THIS
Shares real time combat, boomer shooter and an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Second-strongest match for Heretic + Hexen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
Quake II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Third-strongest match for Heretic + Hexen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Blood™ Fresh Supply
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Ranked #4 for Heretic + Hexen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Battle an army of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds, and an insatiable host of horrors in your quest to defeat the evil Tchernobog. Squirm through 42 loathesome levels filled with more atmosphere than a Lovecraftian mausoleum.
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Ranked #5 for Heretic + Hexen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Ranked #6 for Heretic + Hexen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
HeXen II
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking, inventory management and a retro mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Ranked #7 for Heretic + Hexen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Ranked #8 for Heretic + Hexen fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
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Nightwatch: Nightmare Creatures
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Heretic + Hexen cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Nightwatch: Nightmare Creatures is a horror game for one or two players. Your task will be to restore and repair the equipment as well... avoiding victims of megacorporation experiments.
Wolfenstein 3D
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Reviewers of Heretic + Hexen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
World War II rages. The Nazis are planning to build an unstoppable, mutant army. On a mission to steal the secret plans, you were captured and imprisoned. Now, a lucky break gives you the chance to escape, but a maze of passages and trigger-happy Nazis stand in your way.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Reviewers of Heretic + Hexen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Quake II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Reviewers of Heretic + Hexen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Spear of Destiny
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Reviewers of Heretic + Hexen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
It's World War II and you are B.J. Blazkowicz, the Allies' most valuable agent. In the midst of the German Blitzkrieg, the Spear that pierced the side of Christ is taken from Versailles by the Nazis and secured in the impregnable Castle Wolfenstein. According to legend, no man can be defeated when he has the Spear.
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Reviewers of Heretic + Hexen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...
Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Reviewers of Heretic + Hexen cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Sacrifice is the acclaimed real-time strategy game that focuses on combat instead of resource gathering. The only two resources you'll need to worry about are mana and souls. Need more units? Capture the souls of your enemy. Cast spells of awesome power.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Reviewers of Heretic + Hexen cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Heretic + Hexen.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Heretic + Hexen at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Heretic + Hexen on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Heretic + Hexen.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Heretic + Hexen on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Heretic + Hexen on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Heretic + Hexen on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Heretic + Hexen on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Heretic + Hexen on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under Heretic + Hexen on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Heretic + Hexen on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Heretic + Hexen.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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More from id Software
Other recommendable Steam games by id Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
DOOM Eternal
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Heretic + Hexen. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Heretic + Hexen. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
DOOM: The Dark Ages
WHY THIS
Shares real time combat, skill tree progression, dark fantasy and an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Heretic + Hexen. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
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.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Heretic + Hexen. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
RAGE 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Heretic + Hexen. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Heretic + Hexen. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
RAGE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Heretic + Hexen. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
DOOM 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Heretic + Hexen. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Quake II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Heretic + Hexen.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Heretic + Hexen.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Heretic + Hexen.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
Frequently asked about Heretic + Hexen
- Is Heretic + Hexen verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Heretic + Hexen is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Heretic + Hexen cost?
- Heretic + Hexen is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Heretic + Hexen have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Heretic + Hexen supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Heretic + Hexen?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heretic + Hexen are DOOM + DOOM II, Blood: Refreshed Supply™, Quake II.
- Who developed Heretic + Hexen?
- Heretic + Hexen was developed by id Software, Nightdive Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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