Play Order
0 / 6 playedPremiere order with spinoffs grouped as optional.
About Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem from 1991 and Duke Nukem II from 1993 are Apogee side scrolling platformers across three episodes each. Duke Nukem 3D from 1996 moved to first person with the Atomic Edition adding a fourth episode the same year, and ports like Duke 64 and Total Meltdown followed. Time to Kill from 1998 and Zero Hour from 1999 tried third person on consoles.
Manhattan Project from 2002 returned to side view on PC, while Forever arrived in June 2011 after a 14 year development cycle to poor reviews. The 20th Anniversary World Tour from 2016 reworks 3D with a new episode. Gearbox holds the rights since 2010, and no new game had a date as of September 2026.
Good to know
Start with Duke Nukem 3D Atomic or World Tour, since the platformers are history and Forever is a curiosity. The console third person games and mobile titles add nothing required, so treat them as optional. Manhattan Project plays as its own branch. Forever development lore explains its dated tone, but it does not change where 3D sits as the series peak.
