Duke Nukem Forever on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The King arrives with an arsenal of over-the-top weapons, giant explosions and pure unadulterated fun!

Duke Nukem Forever is a fps and action game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K.
Released on June 09th 2011 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 10,897 reviews of which 7,517 were positive and 3,380 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Duke Nukem Forever into these genres:

FPS Action Shooter Aliens Singleplayer Comedy Multiplayer First-Person Sci-fi Funny Gore Dark Humor Classic Adventure Memes Old School Linear Atmospheric

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.0 Ghz
Memory: 1 Gb
Hard Disk Space: 10 Gb free
Video Memory: 256 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
OTHER REQUIREMENTS & SUPPORTS: Initial installations required (included with the game) are Microsoft DirectX, Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (ATL), Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, and AMD Dual Core Optimizer. (AMD optimizer required only for specific AMD processors to run the game correctly, but installs for all of them.)
OTHER REQUIREMENTS & SUPPORTS: Does not support Windows XP 64

MacOS

OS: 10.12 (Sierra)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) 2.4 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Disk Space: 10 GB free disk space
Video Card: ATI Radeon 2600/NVidia Geforce 8600 256MB or better. NVIDIA GeForce 9400M not supported. Intel integrated video chipsets (including GMA 950) are not supported.
Other Requirements: Mouse and keyboard. Apple original CPU's only, CPU upgrades not supported. NVIDIA GeForce 9400M not supported. This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive)

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

Yeah, this game is no where near as good as Duke Nukem 3D, but I don't think it's as bad as everyone says it is. Outside of the dated graphics and humor, the game is alright. There's still a lot of environmental interactivity, you can increase your health in various ways, and many Duke 3D enemies and weapons return. The shooting is actually kinda fun, I liked weapons like the shotgun and the shrinker, many Duke 3D enemies like the Assault Troopers, Octabrains and Pigcops return with many of them being not changed that much, and I think most of them are satisfying to kill. The game often has puzzles and driving sections that serve as distractions from the combat and I didn't care much for them. Boss fights suck since the bosses can easily kill you and there's no checkpoints between boss phases. So you fought the final boss and you die in the last phase? Too bad, you are sent to the beginning of the fight. Duke Nukem Forever is not really a bad game imo, just alright. The combat is actually fun and the minigames are fun especially if you play them to get health boosts. But then the bad boss fights, the sections that distract you from the combat and other things bog the experience down. 7/10

Feb. 2025

At the time this game came out it was judged by the contemporary standard of gaming. Now that we have seen where games have gone, this is nothing but a breath of fresh air and nostalgia for times long gone. HAIL TO THE KING!!!!

Jan. 2025

I don't understand the hate that this game got when it was first released. I played and finished it for the first time in 2024 and it was actually pretty decent! Graphics are decent for the time, gameplay is not too bad. (its actually a bit similar to Half Life 2 in a sense) It's a bit silly and over the top at times but it's just an entertaining game. Very refreshing if you're sick of the politically correct world that we live in now.

Dec. 2024

I hate to say it but we really, really do need a modern remake of duke nukem forever, all the ingredients of what people want in an absurd hypermasculine protagnost are all there!

July 2024

FIRST OFF: Yes, get the game, but NO don't play it how it is. As it comes, the game is not good and definitely was a disappointment. What you will want to do is go to NexusMods and get a mod called Duke Nukem Forever Enhanced. This makes it play like it should have. Pros: Duke one liners and gorey nonsense. The level design is actually clever at times, especially at Duke Burger. The levels when you are shrunk are actually quite fun. Also, the holoduke is useful now. I swear that thing never helped me in the original game. The story is simple but effective for this goofy game. The voice acting isn't bad. There is a surprising amount of environmental story telling and physics based puzzles. Technically there is no traditional save system which is a con but the pro part of it, there is an quicksave feature (not sure if part of base game or was added with the mod) so you can still save scum to your heart's content. Cons: The sound effects are bad which is a huge buzzkill since that is arguably the most important part to me aside from the gameplay itself. The weapons and explosions sound weak for the most part. The game is rather short and the ending felt anti-climactic. Duke even makes a joke about it as it happens... Character movement isn't great. The base game is too slow and the mod I mentioned above improves that greatly but it still feels clunky, especially when jumping. So the numerous platforming segments are rather annoying. If you install the mod I mentioned above, the game will technically run outside of Steam meaning you won't get Steam to clock time. If the game has achievements then they won't work but I don't know if it does and I don't care because I don't achievement hunt. There is a way to force Steam to get it to still clock time but I didn't bother. Overall - The game is like Half Life 2 and Postal 2 had a baby and that mutant baby grew into this. You get a Half Life 2 style action adventure but with the ridiculous absurdity that you would expect from Postal 2. Hail to the King, baby!

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19.99€

6.8

7,517

3,380

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Developer

Gearbox Software

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Release 09 Jun 2011

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