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Welcome to the Commander Keen Wiki!
This wiki is intended to be a complete reference to the Commander Keen series of computer games, detailing everything from gameplay hints to tips for creating your own levels.
If you find anything missing, incomplete or inaccurate among these pages, please fix it! To help prevent spam, you'll need an account before you can start editing pages, but signing up is easy. If this is your first time here, be sure to read the KeenWiki Guidelines before contributing. This site will only become a complete reference if everyone dives in and shares their knowledge of the games!
If you would like to help out but you're not sure where to start, take a look at the list of pages needing more information.
Invasion of the Vorticons
Lost episode
Game Boy Color episode
Other games
Like a change? Try these edited versions of the original games.
- Keen 1 mods
- Keen 2 mods
- Keen 3 mods
- Keen Dreams mods
- Keen 4 mods
- Keen 5 mods
- Keen 6 mods
- Other mods (Keen-themed mods of other games)
- Table view: Vorticon | Galaxy
Like a bigger change? Try these Keen-flavoured games that were not based on modding an existing game.
Got a Keen question?
- Visit some of the other great Keen Websites
- Join in the discussion on the Public Commander Keen Forum (PCKF)
- Have a chat with fellow modders on the Keen Modding Forum
If you need comprehensive step-by-step tutorials on modding, level editing or running Keen on modern platforms, check out the Tutorials.
Want to create your own mod? Here are some tips and tools to help you.
- Invasion of the Vorticons (Keen 1-3)
- Goodbye Galaxy (Keen 4-6)
- Other (Keen Dreams, non-Keen engines)
Here are some of the latest finished Keen mods. Across all episodes, there are 350 mods in total! See more...
By TheBigV on 13 March 2021 (updated 1 May 2022)
Levels16New Gfx?SomeStatusComplete
By Szemigi on 23 January 2021 (updated 16 January 2022)Levels16New Gfx?YesStatusComplete
By Flyingmouse on 15 March 2013 (updated 25 March 2020)Levels21New Gfx?NoStatusComplete
By Szemigi on 20 November 2019 (updated 15 October 2021)Levels16New Gfx?SomeStatusComplete
By Ceilick on 6 June 2021 (updated 21 December 2022)Levels20New Gfx?SomeStatusComplete
By Dave216 on 1 August 2022 (updated 14 October 2022)Levels20New Gfx?YesStatusComplete
By DarkAle on 26 February 2022 (updated 4 October 2022)Levels16New Gfx?YesStatusComplete
By VikingBoyBilly on 30 May 2009Levels3New Gfx?StatusAlpha