No. Doom is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Doom on?

Doom is available on Atari Jaguar, MS-DOS, 32X, Super NES, PlayStation, 3DO, Sega Saturn, Acorn Risc PC, Game Boy Advance.

When did Doom release?

Doom was first released on November 21, 1994.

Doom

Nov 21, 1994ShooterAtari JaguarMS-DOS32XSuper NESPlayStation

Doom — frequently asked questions

Is Doom on Steam?: No. Doom is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Doom on?: Doom is available on Atari Jaguar, MS-DOS, 32X, Super NES, PlayStation, 3DO, Sega Saturn, Acorn Risc PC, Game Boy Advance.
When did Doom release?: Doom was first released on November 21, 1994.

About Doom

The Jaguar version of Doom was published by Atari and was developed by id Software. It was released on November 28, 1994. Like the PC version, this version of Doom was developed on the NEXTSTEP platform, and compiled to run on the Jaguar. The bulk of the engine was programmed by John Carmack, while Dave Taylor handled the multiplayer code. This version was the first official port of Doom to begin its development cycle, although the 32X version was released first. The 32X, 3DO, GBA and PlayStation ports are all derived from this port.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Atari Jaguar, MS-DOS, 32X, Super NES, PlayStation, 3DO, Sega Saturn, Acorn Risc PC, Game Boy Advance
Developer: id Software
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Series: Doom

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

80/100

from 9 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews
Atari Jaguar	1994	$75	$145	$250	3 reviews

Also released on: MS-DOS · 32X · Super NES · PlayStation · 3DO · Sega Saturn · Acorn Risc PC · Game Boy Advance. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Jaguar · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-07-24

Loose

$75

Complete

$145

Sealed

$250

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

Atari Jaguar prices, all games & how to spot a fake

The port John Carmack wrote himself — and the foundation for nearly every console Doom that followed.

Jaguar Doom's significance isn't just that it's comfortably the best of the 1994 console conversions — full-screen, smooth, correct feel, 22 of the PC's 27 maps. It's that Carmack did the conversion personally, with Dave Taylor on multiplayer, and the level modifications made here to fit the hardware carried forward into the 32X, 3DO, and PlayStation versions and beyond. There's no music during gameplay — the Jerry chip was busy with graphics work — which leaves the sound design running clean. Given the choice, Carmack picked correctly.

It was also the first Jaguar game to support the JagLink interface: two consoles over an RJ-11 phone cable for co-op and deathmatch. Only two other games ever supported JagLink — AirCars and BattleSphere. And the keypad earns its keep here: number keys 1–7 select weapons instantly, years before mouse wheels made that standard.

How it was made

id Software developed the Atari Jaguar version. Credited: music by Robert Prince. Built on Doom engine.

What the press said at the time

GameFan (reviewer 1)	November 1994	98%
GameFan (reviewer 2)	November 1994	98%
GameFan (reviewer 3)	November 1994	98%

From GameFan's November 1994 Atari Jaguar buyer's guide, which printed three reviewers' scores per title. Its Jaguar Doom scored level with Alien vs. Predator and ahead of Tempest 2000.

Cartridge & preservation record

Cartridge ROM capacity 32 megabit (4 MB), measured from the preserved cartridge image.

Cartridge data from the No-Intro preservation database (metadata only — names, sizes and checksums, no game data).

How the Atari Jaguar version differs

Period reviewers treated the Jaguar port as the best console Doom of its day: VideoGames, GamePro and Computer and Video Games all compared it favourably with the PC version.

GamePro and Computer and Video Games rated the 32X conversion below it, noting worse graphics and a shorter game than either the PC or Jaguar versions.

Also on other platforms

MS-DOS · 32X · Super NES · PlayStation · 3DO · Sega Saturn · Acorn Risc PC · Game Boy Advance

32X. Also converted by John Carmack, and shipped with only two-thirds of the game's levels in order to make the console's launch date. GamePro and Computer and Video Games rated it well but noted its graphics were worse and the game shorter than either the PC or the Jaguar versions.
PlayStation. The most generous package: it includes The Ultimate Doom and Doom II content plus extra levels, and was rated highly by HobbyConsolas, GamePro and Maximum, who compared it favourably against the console's other shooters.
Super NES. Criticised for weaker graphics and unresponsive controls; Computer and Video Games, GamePro and Next Generation split between high and middling scores because of them.
3DO. The low point. GamePro and Maximum panned it for worse graphics, a smaller screen and less intelligent enemies than any version that came before it.
Sega Saturn. Arrived in 1997 and also reviewed poorly, for weak graphics and performance.
Windows. Microsoft tried to hire id in 1995 to port Doom to Windows as a showcase for the platform, and Bill Gates briefly considered buying the company outright. One promotional video for Windows 95 digitally superimposed Gates into the game.

Worth knowing

The Jaguar version is the one other ports got measured against. Reviewers reached for it as the reference point rather than the PC. Judging the 32X, GamePro and Computer and Video Games measured it against “the PC or Jaguar versions” — putting a Jaguar cartridge beside the original as the standard a conversion had to meet. On a console whose whole reputation is that its software never matched its hardware, this is the one game where the press treated the Jaguar as the thing to beat, and every later console Doom was marked down against it.

Before you buy

Very common and among the cheapest carts on the platform — a $15-tier keeper, no counterfeit concern. The flip side: Doom shells are a common donor for repros of expensive titles, so when inspecting a suspicious high-value cart, check for adhesive ghosting from a removed Doom label.

Sales figures from an internal Atari document (through April 1, 1995), surfaced by The Land of Obscusion — The Land of Obscusion

Authenticity & condition — Atari Jaguar

Specific to the format this title shipped in

Buying a Jaguar cartridge

Cartridges are the durable half of this library — the risk is provenance, not decay. The platform has an active post-commercial scene, so the question is usually which era a cartridge is from rather than whether it still works.

Ask for a photo of the label edge and the cartridge back. Reproductions are usually printed on adhesive photo stock and sit proud of the label recess.
Donor shells are the common trick: sanding marks on the back, or adhesive ghosting where an older label was lifted, are the strongest signals.
Cartridges are region-free on this platform, so a cheaper PAL copy plays on a North American console — a price difference is not evidence of a fake.