--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-force-opening-doors type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-force-opening-doors lang: en title: Force-opening doors summary: The character forces a door open through physical exertion. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-force-opening-doors/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-force-opening-doors.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-force-opening-doors.md aliases: - Force a door open tags: - Game design techniques - Doors - Destruction - Satisfying sourceIds: - source-d6e9d699a4d3a8ee - source-cbc72ed9bc66eff2 - source-494df555a84523ae - source-e5c3a2cfc31b3bbe sources: - id: source-d6e9d699a4d3a8ee title: 'Game Mechanics: Force-opening doors' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors' verifiedAt: null - id: source-cbc72ed9bc66eff2 title: Metro 2033 Redux (2014) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors/game/metro-2033-redux verifiedAt: null - id: source-494df555a84523ae title: F.E.A.R. (2005) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors/game/f-e-a-r' verifiedAt: null - id: source-e5c3a2cfc31b3bbe title: Duke Nukem Forever (2011) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors/game/duke-nukem-forever verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-force-opening-doors title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-force-opening-doors categoryIds: - gm-category-doors - gm-category-destruction - gm-category-satisfying supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Force a door open description: The character forces a door open through physical exertion. image: src: images/mechanics/world-force-opening-doors.webp width: 600 height: 334 game: F.E.A.R. sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/fear_door.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 1.96 credit: Monolith Productions; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: A door panel flies into the room after a kick alt: 'F.E.A.R.: A door panel flies into the room after a kick.' markers: - x: 57 'y': 42 label: The displaced panel clears the passage tips: - >- Match the door’s response to the force and direction of the hero’s action. examples: - title: F.E.A.R. url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Force-opening doors id: game-mechanics--gm-force-opening-doors type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-force-opening-doors lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-force-opening-doors/ The character forces a door open through physical exertion. ## At a glance ![F.E.A.R.: A door panel flies into the room after a kick.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/world-force-opening-doors.webp) [F.E.A.R.](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/fear_door.webm), 1.96 s 1. The displaced panel clears the passage - Match the door’s response to the force and direction of the hero’s action. - [F.E.A.R.](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors) ## How it works The character forces a door open through physical exertion. ## Variants ### How the technique works - The character forces a door open through physical exertion. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Force-opening doors](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors) (id: source-d6e9d699a4d3a8ee) - [Metro 2033 Redux (2014)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors/game/metro-2033-redux) (id: source-cbc72ed9bc66eff2) - [F.E.A.R. (2005)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors/game/f-e-a-r) (id: source-494df555a84523ae) - [Duke Nukem Forever (2011)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/force-opening-doors/game/duke-nukem-forever) (id: source-e5c3a2cfc31b3bbe) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors