Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour similar games & best alternatives

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Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.

What works

  • Nostalgic and faithful remaster
  • New episode by original designers
  • Improved graphics and lighting
  • Developer commentary and rewind feature
  • Strong modding and workshop support

Things to keep in mind

  • Missing expansions from megaton edition
  • Buggy and unstable multiplayer
  • Some gameplay and ui quirks
  • Price considered high by some
  • Occasional technical issues and bugs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

  • Blood: Refreshed Supply™

  • Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition

  • Quake II

  • Borderlands 3

  • Prodeus

Less social

Games that feels like Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Killing Time: Resurrected

  • SiN Gold

  • DOOM 64

  • Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • Ion Fury

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Heretic + Hexen

  • DOOM + DOOM II

  • Hedon Bloodrite

  • Banzai Escape 2: Subterranean

  • BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT

  • Murder Miners

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Borderlands 3

  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

  • Half-Life: Opposing Force

  • Borderlands 2

  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

Last update: 03/08/2026