DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One

DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One

Skip · Shooter · 2020

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 15, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Cost per hour▼
$2.04/hr
Reviews▼
66% of 6,503
Genre rank
Top 79% Shooter

Holding it back: DRM, Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
4.9h
To 100%
7.5h 1.5x the story

Price and sales

Sales
42 on record
Typical cut
60% off
Steam low
$6.59 August 2023
Sale every
45d last October 2026
Lowest now $7.19 at Fanaticalall-time low $3.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
46% of its genre
Better reviewed
22% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Across all 42 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

It is less well reviewed than 78 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. DOOM Eternal ($29.99, scores 64) and DOOM ($19.99, scores 79) both outscore it.

More about DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One

None of the 799 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2023 to October 2026. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (cosmetic); the score docks it lightly for that.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.04/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationCosmetic
Cosmetic only, a light touch
DRMDenuvo
Denuvo copy protection, a small friction discount
For context
Refunds0 of 799 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score
In-app purchasesCosmeticPCGamingWiki

About the game

The Ancient Gods – Part One is the first campaign expansion for the critically acclaimed DOOM Eternal.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 80 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One scores 15/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1098292/doom-eternal-the-ancient-gods-part-one
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

Developerid Software
PublisherBethesda Softworks
GenreShooter
Released2020
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate