Doom Deluxe

Doom Deluxe is a mod that gathers the best of Doom’s modding scene into a single project. Around 20 weapon types with high-quality alt-fires, an updated bestiary with new enemy abilities, and a reworked armor system and power-up spheres.

Doom Deluxe is a large-scale gameplay mod for UZDoom/GZDoom, created as a love letter to the entire Doom community. Its goal is to bring together the best ideas from the series’ history and modding scene under a unified style: Skulltag weapons, Realm667 items, mechanics from other shooters, updated visuals, and a reworked bestiary.

The arsenal is built around four principles: every weapon fills a unique niche, every weapon has an alternate fire, each slot contains exactly two weapons, and each one introduces ideas not present in the original game. The result is 20 weapons, including a sniper rifle, a shotgun with enemy piercing, a super shotgun with a grappling hook, a machine gun with an overheating mechanic, and even a Yakuza-inspired melee system.

Enemies are not replaced but modernized: Cacodemons fire homing projectiles, Arachnotrons act as long-range snipers, Mancubi leave fire on the ground, and Barons of Hell have complex attack patterns. Every enemy gains at least one new ability, all are adjusted to their hitboxes, and feature unique blood colors.

Items work through a randomization system: armor is split into four tiers, providing 50% base protection with different resistances, and power-up spheres are replaced with sphere randomizers offering various buffs (six in total).

Doom Deluxe is designed to be compatible with the maximum number of WADs. Additionally, it includes settings that allow disabling certain monster behaviors to better adapt to individual projects.