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Quake Champions cover art

Quake Champions

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2022-08-18

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.

Quake Champions is a 2022 Action, Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 39016 reviews).

118
playing now
74%
positive of 39k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (89 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

118 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Quake Champions is a 2022 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and Saber Interactive and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main entry in the Quake series, following 2005's Quake 4. The game was first released in early access on August 22, 2017; since August 10, 2018, the game has been free-to-play. The game's full version was released on August 18, 2022.

Trailer

Quake Champions trailer thumbnail

Quake Champions: E3 2016 Reveal Trailer

≈404,824 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 118 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 763 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~95/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,291 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2018-03-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.4k5.4k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5,359 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,932 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,045 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,201 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 678 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,651 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 983 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

509762026-09-15 11:00 — 141 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 320 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 103 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 195 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 393 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 127 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 130 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 509 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 269 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 174 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 310 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 162 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 96 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 191 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 302 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 83 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 166 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 304 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 85 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 192 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 337 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 92 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 119 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 118 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.3k193Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 1,051 · peak 2,388Nov 2017 — avg 284 · peak 599Feb 2018 — avg 311 · peak 756May 2018 — avg 725 · peak 1,417Aug 2018 — avg 2,771 · peak 7,197Nov 2018 — avg 1,388 · peak 3,214Feb 2019 — avg 671 · peak 1,500May 2019 — avg 713 · peak 1,702Aug 2019 — avg 610 · peak 1,306Nov 2019 — avg 526 · peak 1,075Feb 2020 — avg 568 · peak 1,157May 2020 — avg 649 · peak 1,365Aug 2020 — avg 673 · peak 1,875Nov 2020 — avg 510 · peak 997Feb 2021 — avg 500 · peak 1,019May 2021 — avg 459 · peak 933Aug 2021 — avg 616 · peak 1,062Nov 2021 — avg 448 · peak 811Feb 2022 — avg 406 · peak 787May 2022 — avg 424 · peak 778Aug 2022 — avg 496 · peak 1,316Nov 2022 — avg 369 · peak 962Feb 2023 — avg 388 · peak 765May 2023 — avg 372 · peak 725Aug 2023 — avg 374 · peak 890Nov 2023 — avg 317 · peak 646Feb 2024 — avg 403 · peak 1,982May 2024 — avg 350 · peak 1,957Aug 2024 — avg 303 · peak 747Nov 2024 — avg 272 · peak 604Feb 2025 — avg 264 · peak 569May 2025 — avg 240 · peak 513Aug 2025 — avg 224 · peak 469Nov 2025 — avg 200 · peak 453Feb 2026 — avg 282 · peak 1,287May 2026 — avg 248 · peak 563Aug 2026 — avg 216 · peak 461
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
49492026-09-242026-10-132026-09-24: 25 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 31 new positive2026-09-25: 12 new negative2026-09-26: 49 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 19 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$66.41$0.002016-06-212026-10-092016-06-21 — best price $66.412016-06-22 — best price $51.392016-06-23 — best price $51.822016-06-24 — best price $46.802016-07-07 — best price $45.102016-08-22 — best price $58.952017-08-23 — best price $29.992017-12-21 — best price $22.492018-01-04 — best price $29.992018-03-16 — best price $4.992018-04-20 — best price $59.992018-06-11 — best price $19.792018-07-05 — best price $29.992018-07-17 — best price $50.992018-08-14 — best price $4.992018-08-29 — best price $49.992018-08-30 — best price $49.992018-08-31 — best price $49.992018-09-01 — best price $49.992018-09-03 — best price $50.992018-09-04 — best price $49.992018-09-06 — best price $49.992018-09-07 — best price $49.992018-09-08 — best price $49.992018-09-11 — best price $49.992018-11-07 — best price $0.002026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-09-04 — best price $0.002026-09-11 — best price $0.002026-09-18 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-10-02 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

738842026-05-30 — 84 pageviews2026-06-03 — 116 pageviews2026-06-07 — 122 pageviews2026-06-11 — 133 pageviews2026-06-15 — 136 pageviews2026-06-19 — 111 pageviews2026-06-23 — 179 pageviews2026-06-27 — 118 pageviews2026-07-01 — 123 pageviews2026-07-05 — 202 pageviews2026-07-09 — 504 pageviews2026-07-13 — 237 pageviews2026-07-17 — 177 pageviews2026-07-21 — 142 pageviews2026-07-25 — 96 pageviews2026-07-29 — 135 pageviews2026-08-02 — 130 pageviews2026-08-06 — 361 pageviews2026-08-10 — 388 pageviews2026-08-14 — 235 pageviews2026-08-18 — 158 pageviews2026-08-22 — 146 pageviews2026-08-26 — 149 pageviews2026-08-30 — 168 pageviews2026-09-03 — 166 pageviews2026-09-07 — 135 pageviews2026-09-11 — 105 pageviews2026-09-15 — 93 pageviews2026-09-19 — 109 pageviews2026-09-23 — 418 pageviews2026-09-27 — 166 pageviews2026-10-01 — 110 pageviews2026-10-05 — 157 pageviews2026-10-08 — 87 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

74202026-10-03 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 159 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 155 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 276 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 49 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 21 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
66.4%
earned "First Taste"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam Achievements

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)64,0271%52
Windows (Xbox)7892%52

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

FPSGoreActionShooterViolente-sportsDifficultFast-PacedCompetitiveMultiplayer

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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