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Quake

Quake

Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.

Released Aug 3, 2007 Developer id Software, Nightdive Studios, MachineGames Publisher Bethesda Softworks Platforms Windows FPSClassicActionShooter1990's
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.

96.7%positive14,400 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 103 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 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 50 found this helpful

“The soundtrack & SFX were created and recorded by Nine Inch Nails, including all of your characters' grunts, groans, screams and gasps. Making this the only video game where you play as Trent Reznor.”

— a player, Steam review · 64 hrs played
Recommended · 30 found this helpful

“It's 1996 and I'm playing Quake. It's 2006 and I'm playing Quake. It's 2016 and I'm playing Quake. It's 2026 and I'm still playing Quake. *cracks open the boom juice* it's good to be old.”

— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“"I ain't afraid of no Quake!" - Duke Nukem! Quake is an outstanding FPS, it has been cloned, copied, mimicked, parodied and modded countless times, its excellent game engine even being used as a tool to make other fantastic FPS games such as Half-Life. Quake absolutely…”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
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Player activity

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

76playing at last check
12424-hour peak
2,797all-time peak
0 500 1k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 526 avg · Aug 2021

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.

35achievements
4.6%median completion
2.0%rarest: Rogue Ranger
55.1% of players 51.5% of players 23.5% of players 22.0% of players 14.0% of players 13.0% of players 12.2% of players 11.0% of players 10.4% of players 9.8% of players 8.5% of players 7.7% of players 7.2% of players 6.5% of players 5.9% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.6% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 55.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
55.1%Secret Sleuth — Find a secret area.
51.5%Friendly Fire — Kill a monster with another monster's attack.
23.5%The Shambler Dance — Kill a shambler before it is able to cast its lightning attack.
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Rogue Ranger — Complete Dissolution of Eternity on Nightmare in single player.
2.0%Machinehead — Complete Dimension of the Machine on Nightmare in single player.
2.2%The Painless Maze — Complete E4M6: The Pain Maze on Nightmare without taking damage.

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
Canada13.49 CAD
Japan1,166 JPY
Brazil29.99 BRL
China41.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$5.9 China Japan 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.

Jan 06, 2026
Quake is now Steam Deck Verified!

Quake is now Steam Deck Verified and Handheld Optimized on ROG Xbox Ally devices. Surrender is not an option.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAction
Player tagsFPS · Classic · Action · Shooter · 1990's · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · First-Person · Old School · Gore · Retro · Horror (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum Spec (1080p/60 HZ) Win 10 64-bit version Intel Core i5-3570 @3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @3.5 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 TI (2GB) or AMD HD 7750 (1GB) 8GB System RAM Minimum 2GB free space on hard drive (additional space required for add-on downloads) High speed broadband connection required for online play