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Quake cover art

Quake

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2007-08-03

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 2005 (Legacy Mobile Device), Jun 22, 1996 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 1998 (Amiga), Jun 22, 1996 (DOS), Jul 05, 1996 (Linux), Aug 28, 1997 (Mac)

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.

Quake is a $3.99 Action game released in 2007, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 15,808 reviews).

88
playing now
96%
positive of 16k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
IGDB user rating (400 ratings)
20
Nexus mods (6.1k downloads)
6h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

88 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Quake is a 1996 first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive. The first game in the Quake series, it was originally released for MS-DOS and Windows, followed by Mac OS, Linux, and Saturn in 1997 and Nintendo 64 in 1998. The game's plot is centered around teleportation experiments, dubbed slipgates, which have resulted in an unforeseen invasion of Earth by a hostile force codenamed Quake, which commands a vast army of monsters. The player takes the role of a soldier, whose mission is to travel through the slipgates in order to find and destroy the source of the invasion. The game is split between futuristic military bases and medieval, gothic environments, featuring both science fiction and fantasy weaponry and enemies as the player battles possessed soldiers and demonic beasts such as ogres or armor-clad knights. Quake heavily takes inspiration from gothic fiction and in particular the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The game went through many revisions during development, and had originally been inspired by a Dungeons & Dragons campaign held among id Software staff.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 88 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 787 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~98/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 658k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,442 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$3.44-66%
GOG$3.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.06 at Savemi (2018-11-21) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 89 of 143 observed days · $2.93 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,849 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

323782026-09-15 12:00 — 129 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 267 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 142 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 211 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 323 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 155 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 108 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 264 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 196 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 162 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 212 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 161 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 87 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 151 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 218 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 97 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 149 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 192 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 97 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 163 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 256 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 105 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 88 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5395Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 12 · peak 29Dec 2012 — avg 9 · peak 87May 2013 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2013 — avg 6 · peak 24Mar 2014 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2015 — avg 11 · peak 30Jun 2015 — avg 12 · peak 30Nov 2015 — avg 12 · peak 46Apr 2016 — avg 12 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 14 · peak 39Feb 2017 — avg 17 · peak 38Jul 2017 — avg 23 · peak 68Dec 2017 — avg 25 · peak 66May 2018 — avg 16 · peak 40Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 31Mar 2019 — avg 18 · peak 44Aug 2019 — avg 22 · peak 48Jan 2020 — avg 24 · peak 49Jun 2020 — avg 22 · peak 57Nov 2020 — avg 27 · peak 73Apr 2021 — avg 25 · peak 53Sep 2021 — avg 372 · peak 980Feb 2022 — avg 105 · peak 201Jul 2022 — avg 87 · peak 163Dec 2022 — avg 89 · peak 169May 2023 — avg 81 · peak 141Oct 2023 — avg 80 · peak 171Mar 2024 — avg 78 · peak 152Aug 2024 — avg 93 · peak 227Jan 2025 — avg 78 · peak 147Jun 2025 — avg 71 · peak 148Nov 2025 — avg 65 · peak 119Apr 2026 — avg 67 · peak 130Aug 2026 — avg 539 · peak 1,877
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.132015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.492015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-06-30 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $1.242018-02-13 — best price $1.692018-09-16 — best price $4.242019-04-19 — best price $1.642019-11-24 — best price $4.992020-02-08 — best price $4.632020-04-14 — best price $4.452020-06-16 — best price $4.282020-08-02 — best price $4.392020-09-13 — best price $4.392020-10-24 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-05-25 — best price $4.992021-09-09 — best price $8.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-03-06 — best price $9.992022-05-26 — best price $8.492022-08-22 — best price $4.992022-11-18 — best price $1.992023-02-27 — best price $3.992023-05-07 — best price $3.782023-07-06 — best price $8.492023-11-06 — best price $8.492024-01-20 — best price $9.992024-04-22 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $3.492024-12-03 — best price $9.992025-03-06 — best price $3.992025-06-04 — best price $8.492025-08-14 — best price $4.002025-11-10 — best price $8.492026-01-20 — best price $9.992026-03-27 — best price $3.992026-05-22 — best price $8.692026-07-30 — best price $3.072026-09-29 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5.2k6152026-05-29 — 651 pageviews2026-06-02 — 765 pageviews2026-06-06 — 615 pageviews2026-06-10 — 757 pageviews2026-06-14 — 725 pageviews2026-06-18 — 729 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2,316 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,088 pageviews2026-06-30 — 828 pageviews2026-07-04 — 784 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,125 pageviews2026-07-12 — 854 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,019 pageviews2026-07-20 — 773 pageviews2026-07-24 — 707 pageviews2026-07-28 — 735 pageviews2026-08-01 — 815 pageviews2026-08-05 — 829 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2,822 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,635 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,286 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,065 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,138 pageviews2026-08-29 — 817 pageviews2026-09-02 — 854 pageviews2026-09-06 — 835 pageviews2026-09-10 — 803 pageviews2026-09-14 — 816 pageviews2026-09-18 — 707 pageviews2026-09-22 — 817 pageviews2026-09-26 — 723 pageviews2026-09-30 — 709 pageviews2026-10-04 — 815 pageviews2026-10-08 — 736 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
55.2%
earned "Secret Sleuth"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)28,8601%38
Steam (Steam)21,4451%38
PS5 (PlayStation)4,4542%39
PS4 (PlayStation)3,8881%39
Switch (Nintendo)5750%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreRetro1990'sActionHorrorClassicShooterFast-PacedOld School

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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