Doom 2016 drops to $2 on Steam

Bethesda's Steam store page showed on May 15 that DOOM (2016) was selling for $1.99, down 90% from its $19.99 list price, as part of a broader franchise promotion. Steam labeled the offer a "SPECIAL PROMOTION" and displayed a countdown indicating the discount would end later on May 15. SteamDB, which tracks Steam pricing changes, listed the game's release date as May 13, 2016, putting the sale in the week of the reboot's 10th anniversary. Steam also showed discounts across other DOOM products, including the DOOM Anthology bundle at $26.50, down 74%, and DOOM: The Dark Ages at $23.09, down 67% from $69.99. On the DOOM: The Dark Ages page, Steam said "the entire id Software catalog is up to 80% off" and called the offer the "id Software Anniversary Sale." (store.steampowered.com) ### Was the $2 price real on Steam? Steam's DOOM product page listed the game at $1.99 in the United States on May 15. The same page showed the standard price at $19.99 and described the markdown as a 90% discount. SteamDB's price-history page for app ID 379720 also showed a U.S. price of $1.99 and marked the promotion as ending on May 15, 2026. (store.steampowered.com) SteamDB said the price matched the game's recorded low on the service. ### Why are people calling this a 10th-anniversary sale? SteamDB listed DOOM's release date as May 13, 2016. (store.steampowered.com) That places the promotion within days of the game's 10-year mark in May 2026. A Steam news blurb surfaced on the DOOM: The Dark Ages store page under the heading "id Software Anniversary Sale! Celebrate the legacy." (steamdb.info) Steam did not, on the snippets reviewed, explicitly say the $1.99 DOOM price was a "10th anniversary" offer for that specific game, but the timing aligns with the anniversary week and the store messaging tied the discounts to an anniversary sale for id Software. ### Which other DOOM games were discounted? Steam's DOOM Anthology page listed a bundle price of $26.50, down 74%, for a package spanning six games, including DOOM + DOOM II, DOOM 64, DOOM 3, DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal Deluxe Edition. DOOM: The Dark Ages, the 2025 prequel from id Software and Bethesda Softworks, was listed at $23.09, down 67% from $69.99. (store.steampowered.com) The Premium Edition was marked down to $32.99, and the Digital Premium Upgrade to $11.54. Bethesda's developer page on Steam also grouped DOOM titles under franchise and publisher sale pages, though the page snippets available did not show the full sale grid for every title in the series. (store.steampowered.com) ### When does the offer end? Steam's DOOM store page showed a live countdown on May 15 indicating the $1.99 offer would expire later that day. (store.steampowered.com) A separate deal-tracking report cited the end time as 5 p.m. UTC on May 15. For buyers checking after that deadline, the Steam store pages for DOOM, DOOM Anthology and DOOM: The Dark Ages are the clearest places to confirm whether the discounts are still active and what local pricing applies. (store.steampowered.com 1) (store.steampowered.com 2)