# Doom, the Roguelike

> Doom, the Roguelike turns Doom into a turn-based dungeon crawl.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/ms-dos/games/doom-the-roguelike/
Page updated: 2026-10-04

- Developer: Kornel Kisielewicz

Doom, the Roguelike turns Doom into a turn-based dungeon crawl. A marine fights through Phobos and Deimos down to Hell, with the shotguns, chainsaws, imps and barons of the original, drawn in text characters. Levels are new each game and death is permanent.

Kornel Kisielewicz released it as freeware. This is the DOS version 0.9.8 from 2005, the first with sound.

## How to set it up

1. Install [DOSBox Staging](/microsoft/ms-dos/emulator/dosboxstaging/) or another DOS emulator.
2. Unzip the download into a folder of its own.
3. The game needs CWSDPMI.EXE, a free DOS extender that many DOS games include. Copy it into the `doomrl-dos-098` folder first.
4. Start DOSBox Staging and type `mount c "<folder>\doomrl-dos-098"`, where `<folder>` is where you unzipped the download, then `c:`.
5. Type `DOOMRL.EXE` to start the game.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/ms-dos/games/doom-the-roguelike/#download

- (MS-DOS, 390 KB)