UZDoom (uzdoom-alpo) Package name

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Details for UZDoom

Package name

  • uzdoom-alpo

License

  • GPL-3.0

Last updated

  • 21 July 2026 - latest/stable

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Game engine for Classic Doom

(This snap package is not supported by the upstream developers. Report issues to the bugtracker in the contact link!!!)

  • Place WAD files into this directory: ~/snap/uzdoom-alpo/common/.local/share/games/uzdoom
  • Config file is located in this directory: ~/snap/uzdoom-alpo/common/.config/uzdoom
  • These directories will be automatically created after the app is first launched.

For gamepad support, run: sudo snap connect uzdoom-alpo:joystick

UZDoom is a source port for the modern era, supporting current hardware and operating systems and sporting a vast array of user options. Make Doom your own again!

In addition to Doom, UZDoom supports Heretic, Hexen, Strife, Chex Quest, and fan-created games like Harmony and Hacx. Meet the entire idTech 1 family!

Experience mind-bending user-created mods, made possible by ZDoom's advanced mapping features and the ZScript language for complex game mechanics and behaviors. Or make a mod of your own!

  • Can play all Doom engine games, including Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, and more
  • Supports all the editing features of Hexen. (ACS, hubs, new map format, etc.)
  • Supports most of the Boom editing features
  • Features complete translations of Doom, Heretic, Hexen, Strife and other games into over ten different languages with Unicode support for Latin, Cyrillic, and Hangul so far
  • All Doom limits are gone
  • Several softsynths for MUS and MIDI playback, including an OPL softsynth for an authentic "oldschool" flavor
  • High resolutions
  • Quake-style console and key bindings
  • Crosshairs
  • Free look (look up/down)
  • Jumping, crouching, swimming, and flying
  • Network games for up to 64 players, including team-based gameplay
  • Support for the Bloodbath announcer from the classic Monolith game Blood
  • Walk over/under monsters and other things

Commercial data files are required to run the supported games. For more info about all supported games and their data files, see Help -> List of supported games.


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