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Quake Live

Quake Live

Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.

Released Sep 17, 2014 Developer id Software Publisher Bethesda Softworks Platforms Windows FPSArena ShooterMultiplayerClassicFast-Paced
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

86.5%positive15,377 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 104 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“pls play this game it is the highest skill ceiling fps game you can play and it will make you good at literally everything else”

— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Quake 3 arena but better, feels really rewarding to get better at this game but it's very hard to do so due to how many years your opponents have played for. The playerbase is basically only 40 year olds that have played for decades and now hop on railgun only servers with their…”

— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played
Not recommended · 44 found this helpful

“A Masterpiece Held Hostage by its Own Community. The gameplay is still 10/10, no issues with that but thanks to the unfriendly regulars i had a poor experience. I joined an 8v8 TDM and after i died I was forcibly moved to Spectator mode and didnt respawn and my slot was…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:09 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

243playing at last check
41924-hour peak
6,154all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2.3k avg · Sep 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

58achievements
2.3%median completion
0.1%rarest: Wicked
29.7% of players 24.4% of players 19.3% of players 14.3% of players 14.0% of players 13.8% of players 12.8% of players 11.9% of players 10.8% of players 8.7% of players 8.4% of players 8.4% of players 8.1% of players 7.4% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 7.0% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 29.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
29.7%Testing One..Two.. — Complete 1 match.
24.4%Raptor — Frag an opponent while you are in the air.
19.3%Psychic — Use a rocket to kill an opponent who is in the air.
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Wicked — Record a final score of 666 in Capture the Flag.
0.1%Head Hunter — Capture at least 3 skulls at once in Harvester.
0.1%Ninja Cap — Capture the flag in Attack & Defend without killing anyone on the team, minimum size 3.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK7.99 GBP
Australia14.95 AUD
Canada10.99 CAD
Japan980 JPY
Brazil19.99 BRL
China41.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.9 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 07, 2016
Quake Live Update v1069

We've just released an update to both the client and the server today. Servers and clients will both need to update as the changes are not compatible between versions, and older servers will be de-lis

Jun 07, 2016
Quake Live Update v1069

We've just released an update to both the client and the server today. Servers and clients will both need to update as the changes are not compatible between versions, and older servers will be de-lis

May 05, 2016
Quake Live on Discord

We've setup a public Discord server for Quake Live players to chat and organize pickup matches. Use this invite link to join us and other Quake Live players!

May 05, 2016
Quake Live on Discord

We've setup a public Discord server for Quake Live players to chat and organize pickup matches. Use this invite link to join us and other Quake Live players!

Apr 28, 2016
Quake Live Update v1068

We've just released an update to both the client and the server today. Servers and clients will both need to update as the changes are not compatible between versions, and older servers will be de-lis

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction
Player tagsFPS · Arena Shooter · Multiplayer · Classic · Fast-Paced · Action · Shooter · e-sports · Competitive · First-Person · Difficult · Cult Classic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Stats
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements58
Estimated owners2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.quakelive.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: 2 GHz Intel Processor or better Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX or better, ATI Radeon 8500 or better, Intel i915 chipset or better 1024x600 resolution DirectX: Version 9.0 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Stereo Soundcard