Doom clone

English

Etymology

So called from the similarities with Doom (1993), an early popular game in this style.

Noun

Doom clone (plural Doom clones)

1. (video games, dated) A first-person shooter. [1990s]
2. (slang) games that uses same art-style as the first Doom like 2.5D worlds or digitalized frames or mimic the gameplay

Further reading

• Doom clone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia