Duke Nukem Forever

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS

Genres

• first-person shooter

• science fiction video game

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  8^*

• PlayStation 3^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  8^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · PlayStation 3^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Engines

• Unreal Engine 1

Localized titles

• Duke Nukem Forever

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Custom Volume Controls^*
• Adjustable Difficulty^*
• Save Anytime^*
• Subtitle Options^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Stats^*
• Steam Leaderboards^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• German^*
• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Community tags · historical

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  347^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  305^*

• Nudity^*

  Votes · historical

  195^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  171^*

• Aliens^*

  Votes · historical

  165^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  155^*

• Comedy^*

  Votes · historical

  140^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  126^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  125^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  124^*

• Mature^*

  Votes · historical

  111^*

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  97^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  91^*

• Dark Humor^*

  Votes · historical

  84^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  65^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  51^*

• Memes^*

  Votes · historical

  43^*

• Old School^*

  Votes · historical

  40^*

• Linear^*

  Votes · historical

  37^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  33^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  10.12 (Sierra)^*

  Processor alternatives

  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)^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP/Vista/7^*

  Processor alternatives

  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^*

  Audio hardware

  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^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.6 Ghz^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Silver^*

  Reports

  110^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

Developers

• 3D Realms

• Gearbox Software^*

Publishers

• 2K

• 2K Games^*

• 2011-06-10

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Germany

• 2011-06-14 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2011-06-14^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2011-06-14 · PlayStation 3^*

  Release date

  2011-06-14^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  PlayStation 3^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jun 13, 2011^*

Detailed specifications