DOOM Eternal

DOOM Eternal arrived in March 2020, right when the world needed cathartic violence and metal. We ripped and tore for 114.5 hours spread across 2020, 2021, 2022, and into 2023. This was that perfect storm of a game—mechanically excellent, aesthetically extreme, narratively ambitious in its own way. We experienced the campaign's escalating chaos, the platforming challenges, the resource juggling between ammo types. The soundtrack was part of the appeal; viewers tuned in for the sheer sensory assault. By returning to it over multiple years, we documented how id Software supported the title, how the community evolved around it, and why Eternal remained so replayable. 457 peak viewers during those windows tells you something: DOOM Eternal was a constant in our library, reliable and explosive.

The distribution here is interesting. 282 average viewers across 114.5 hours, with 34,000+ hours watched. That modest average masks the game's appeal—Eternal is intense, so viewers either fully commit or pass. The 457 peak, spanning 2020-2023, suggests consistent spikes during our revisits. The -4 follower gain is negligible noise. What matters is that we kept coming back to Eternal, and so did parts of our audience. It became a comfort game in the way only ultraviolent demon-slaying can be.