Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 05:52 am
DOOM II – Action Game Review
DOOM II is a Action game from Bethesda Softworks LLC, first launched in 30th July 2019.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 385+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes DOOM II Stand Out
Celebrate DOOM's 25th anniversary with the re-release of DOOM II. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) gave players the brutal Super Shotgun to bear against deadlier demons, and the infamous boss, the Icon of Sin.
The re-release of DOOM II includes:
- The Master Levels, 20 additional levels made by the community and supervised by the developers
To save Earth, you must descend into the depths of hell, survive demon hordes, and take part in the fiercest battle ever.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, DOOM II is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 14th September 2020
Recent improvements include:
With all new touch controls, controller support, and 16:9 rendering, our new update for DOOM & DOOM II on all platforms is our biggest one yet! We have also improved performance, and now support 120hz devices, which can be enabled in Video Options.
Download & Availability
DOOM II is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We dont know why theres a sect of Doom 2 haters on the internet saying this is no good. If you want more Doom, this delivers. Its MORE Doom! The controls are great as well by the way, Im having more fun on iPhone than we did on our Chromebook in school. We remember the pc controls being something dumb like having to use keys to aim and shoot instead of the mouse, this is just swipe, swipe, tap, boom, easy.
Rad game definitely download worth the money.
They should put a new mods to make it more fun.
This game is very good we like being mean to funny demon.
We bought it about 6 times now and its still better than ever.
You should try this game out and we beat the game in ultra violence it was fun.
Now we need doom 3 and 64 or better yet what if you guys make a doom classic collection that has doom 1 doom 2 doom 3 and doom 64 in one game and make it like 20 dollars and for every platform with mod support we and a lot of other people would buy it heck Id buy it for every platform.
Whoever is continuing to add more add-ons is killing it. We absolutely cannot wait to try out every single one. Thank you so much for the continued support on this often overlooked platform that is ios. We literally do not have another way to play Doom or Doom 2, so we cant thank you enough.
Deserves better than the rating it's getting. We play it on ipad using mfi controller and it works great.
Pllllleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaassseee.
We got a Backbone One controller and it makes a big difference! Its not the same without a Bluetooth or connected controller on your phone. Very fun game.
Our only asking is that you add a custom mod browser, so that we can play other cool map packs like Maps of Chaos.
This is a great Port of doom 2 we like to see a port of doom 64 doom 3 doom 2016 and doom eternal with the ancient gods 1&2.
Can we get Wolfenstein 3D already?? Its almost certainly be heavily censored, but thats ok. Or how about Commander Keen.
Well we like the game but we want it to be more like the pc version.
Both of DOOM 1 & 2 are great! Bring back so many great memories! Thanks.
Been waiting so many years for this!! The fact thwy have the master levels/final doom and the other add ons as well as future add on releases and support. Very happy even though there are some issues. The issues are not game breaking at all. We just need Doom 3/ Doom 64 on mobile next.
We used to play DOOM Classic and DOOM II as a kid and this game brings back awesome memories of playing this game and its awesome that this Classic game is finally on iOS and this game is the most awesome game.
4 months and counting. HOW are devs not aware or fixing this MAJOR issue with an otherwise perfect port of this master piece. . .? *Update-the new update fixed the controller not strafing! The iOS port is amazing once again. Im off to battle the legions of Hell for the 1000th time. Worth the price of admission! Brings back memories of playing this game on our familys IBM 486DX, Devs thanks for the over due but appreciated update.
The port is great now and we have so much fun ripping and tearing while Im away from home.
New controls and FPS are great! Thank you.
We LOVE that Doom 2 is now on our phone . The controls were a bit hard to master but after a week or so we got used to them and now actually prefer these to the original port a few years ago. How do we make enough noise to have all the wads ported over ? Plutonia experiment ? Final doom ? Can we look forward to updates to this app. Id pay 20 bucks for an expansion…. UPDATE: The latest download (09.17.2020) completely ruined all our saved games. A new control system , now it is counterintuitive and we cant run…. What gives guys.
New update fixes the broken touchscreen and game pad controls, while adding 120hz support for iPads. This is now a very competent port.
Ignore what we say below, the problem has been fixed! Easily a 5 star title and one of the greatest video games in history. Buy it immediately and revel in the retro goodness! This is a 5 star title but the devs broke it with the last update, over 3 months ago, removing strafe function. Doom NEEDS strafe to be played properly. FIX THIS and we will adjust our rating. Do not buy this game until and unless this is fixed, waste of money.
Portable Doom with controller support and all the extras. Everything Ive always wanted.
This is a great experience with a controller. Its the full classic Doom II experience with the added bonus of Final Doom AND curated custom level sets from the community (if you sign into your Bethesda account.) we have to take one star off for horrid touch controls and the fact that it isnt bundled with the first Doom even though every other version on other platforms is. For $5 each though you get two of the best games ever made and hours of bonus content.
We love this game, always have, but the new controls are harder, the smaller shoot button makes it harder to actually shoot the gun. We miss the old controls honestly, can you make it where you can switch between them at least.
Its a good port, beaten it all then way through. The only problem is how small the controls are, and how fast the imps fire their fireballs.
The only complaint is that to actually play well with touch controls, you have to play claw. Claw is fine for a little bit, but your hands will start to cramp up after a little bit. To avoid this, you can just use a controller, which is a nice addition. In summary, its DOOM 2 with somewhat bad controls.
Its a great port of doom2 but the controls arent that great. We have gotten used to the touch controls but it took quite some time. If the developers arent gonna fix them. At least enable a way to connect a blue tooth keyboard and mouse. Keyboard and mouse does work but you cant turn or fire your weapon. We feel like its such a low effort fix. They should also allow button mapping for touch controls as well. The activate button is in a weird spot on the screen. Im just hoping they take all these comments into consideration since 90% of them are complaining about the controls. Oh and one more thing! Plz allow online multiplayer so we can go demon hunting with friends. We hope you take this review into consideration. Thank You! -David.
Controls all Im gonna say. Very much cripples UV and UV+. Wish they added a doom builder feature, instead of the limited .wads they have. Btsx is good an all but Id love to multiplayer sunder and Potentially SunLust and other ribbiks maps.
Great game obviously, not going into the history of it once again, but these controls dont do the gameplay justice. Matter of fact, they are so sluggish and accidental that they full on drag the experience down. For example, its like playing electric guitar and having to hold it up at the same time because you didnt buy a strap – playings almost impossible. These controls are like the equivalent to that. The gameplay indeed suffers as a result. If we could adjust the size and position like others have said, that just might be crazy enough to work! Our fat thumbs cant press the fire button all the time so a one size fits all approach here is NOT the way to treat such a classic.
Button position and size need to be customizable with precision. We cant react accurately under duress, moving and shooting feels like Im running with our shoelaces tied together. Please fix.
Nothing crazy but adding the option to move some of the buttons on the screen like the shoot and action button to make it bigger smaller or just move it where ever the user would like. Another alternative could be adding the option to just tap the right side of the screen to shoot, itll be more comfortable especially for somebody like us with big hands. We keep missing the shoot and action button cause of our thumb covering the buttons. We believe this fix will help a lot of players and itll defined make us dump more hours to this convenient port of the best fps.
A phenomenal classic! The introduction of Pain Elementals and the Super Shotgun were spectacular. Id never have dreamed of playing this on ha handheld when it was released. Now we have our own YouTube mix playing through a browser in the background from the same device. Ive made it back to level 13 on this play-through and Ive hit a bug in the yellow card room. The lift wont go up all the way. Only complaint, unless you count the absence of multiplayer.
Add custom control layouts, maybe even add the old controls, and add online multiplayer, cross platform would be awesome and definitely doable. Doom is eternal.
Ive discovered that you cant go inside the icon of sin anymore and destroy Romeros head. Disappointing. Other than that this game is the bomb.
We love this game! Our only complaint is that you cannot adjust the transparency or just turn off the joystick and bullseye icons. They are really distracting and make the screen look like a cluttered mess. We dont believe in the previous ports that this was an issue, as there was an option to turn them on or off. We have gone through all settings to look for a fix and cannot find one. If there is a solution and we are just missing it, can someone help us out?? Thanks.
Why aint the master levels synced together you bet 1 level you have to select the other and you loose all weapons, please make the master levels together.
Please change back the old controls at least these new controls are horrible. We SHOULD have customizable controls but we would at least settle for the old ones.
Just needs customizable controls.
This applys with Doom one and two. First, it needs online deathmatch. Its much fun with that and it makes it more awesome. Second. IPad controls need to be fixed. And third, Id like it where we could create our levels and Addons and stuff in the game instead of going to the website. That would make it much easier.
Not a fan of the new controls. Can we have an option to have the old controls back.
The new official expansion came out on Steam weeks ago. Legacy of Rust. Hope to change to 5 stars eventually.
If you could add classic keyboard controls to be used when a Smart Keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard is attached, that would be amaze balls.
This isnt a bad port, but the control options are so lack luster, no hug opacity scaling, no allocation or movement of the buttons at all is what makes this port annoying to deal with. If the team who port this cared, they would of honestly allow the players to tune this. We just wanna play this game with touch controls and a saved system that doesnt corrupted the game for no reason.
Bethesda, please allow users to map their own keyboard buttons for controls, or add in support for the arrow keys on magic keyboard/BT/etc. Wasd is nice but theres no good way to turn left and right! Purists will remember playing this game with the arrow keys on their keyboard – and the left and right key were for turning, not strafe.
We just recently learned you can play this with a PS4 controller and it. Is. AWESOME! Controls are so crisp and clean, and Doom II is a classic for a reason: the game is amazing. So if you have a PS4 controller lying around (or presumably any Bluetooth controller) we STRONGLY recommend this as a five star buy. Im giving it three stars because with default controls well. You can have fun playing with God Mode enabled or on Im too young to die difficulty, but besides that its basically unplayable. The fire button on the right side is so tiny you cannot fire at will. Then on the left side the fire button is so close to the use button that you waste ammo constantly when trying to open a door (or take a rocket to the face) With an external controller this game is AMAZING. Thank you guys so, so much for making it so intuitive. With touch screen controls dont even bother though.
Im enjoying Doom and Doom 2s releases. Problem we have is your limited to the WADs that Bethesda approves, and Id like to play Jenesis like we could with another source port a while back.
So we have actually enjoyed this port quite a bit although touch screen controls arnt the best there still good one thing though is that whenever we try to play the game/load a save as of late it crashes the game and we havnt been able to play and this goes for doom 1 as well.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.6
- Size: 374.88 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Frequent/Intense Horror/Fear Themes, Frequent/Intense Realistic Violence
- Developer: Bethesda Softworks LLC
Last updated: 14th September 2020 | Genre: Action | Developer: Bethesda Softworks LLC