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Quake III Arena
The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
24 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“GOATED for me. One of the best arena shooters i've ever touched and ever will.”
20 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“One of the best multiplayer shooters in history. I've played it a lot in my childhood and always loved it, but the skill threshold is so high that I've never played it good by the standards of Quake. 9/10”
6 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“One of the best multiplayer shooters in history. I've played it a lot in my childhood and always loved it, but the skill threshold is so high that I've never played it good by the standards of Quake. 9/10”
“I did this instead of watching the Stupid Bowl. With the Team Beef VR mod on a Quest 3. 100% made the right decision. Also, it was on sale so, bonus. I played it a bit on the computer (I much prefer the VR experience)…”
“I had to check out this absolute classic and there are zero questions why it is a classic. It's literally as easy as just shoot anything that moves, but it can get as hard as you wish it to be. I beat the entire…”
5 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“not only does this game still open and work despite being old, it features orbb”
“Still plays fine without mods, and there are still people online?! I love Quake II and UT99 more but this is still a classic. It's a shame that ID haven't given it the remaster treatment like Quake II, but that may…”
“I love shooing people in the face at mach 10. + I hope Nightdive remasters this game. it run perfectly on my steamdeck.:Captive_forlock:”
3 of the 92 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“One of the best fps arena games ever made. The competitive and action packed gameplay makes this game so intense and enjoyable at the same time. The graphics don't hold up as today's standards but the gameplay's…”
Counted across 92 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I grew up playing this game with my dad -- it was one of the many ways we bonded together. We had a father/daughter clan called {DTA} which stood for "Death to All". We even owned our own Instagib server. I remember those days when we would go through footage looking to see who…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament, two best arena FPS of all time.”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“A pure arena experience. I still remember the year this and Unreal Tournament came out. We were spoiled. Quake 3 Arena still holds up after all those years!”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | FPS · Arena Shooter · Classic · Action · Multiplayer · Shooter · Competitive · 1990's · First-Person · Gore · Fast-Paced · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
3-D Hardware Accelerator with full OpenGL® support, Pentium® 233 Mhz MMX®processor with 8 MB Video Card or Pentium II 266 Mhz processor with 4 MB Video Card, or AMD® 350 Mhz K6®-2 processor with 4 MB Video Card, 64 MB RAM, a 100% Windows® XP/Vista compatible computer system (including compatible 32-bit drivers for video card, sound card and input devices), 25 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files (Minimum Install), plus 45 MB for the Windows swap file, 100% DirectX 3.0 or higher compatible sound card, 100% Microsoft-compatible mouse and driver, joystick (optional)