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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

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.

263
playing now
74%
positive of 39k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
209
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
IGDB user rating (89 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

263 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 263 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 5% of 10,791 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 1 of 1 observed days · at its all-time low (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

395872026-08-06 21:00 — 361 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 132 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 251 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 395 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 155 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 269 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 359 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 162 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 248 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 337 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 103 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 197 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 286 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 90 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 184 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 334 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 121 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 236 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 386 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 123 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 157 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 355 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 168 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 198 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 363 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 150 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 134 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 358 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 263 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$66.41$0.002016-06-212026-08-282016-06-21 — 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 $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

738842026-05-30 — 84 pageviews2026-06-02 — 105 pageviews2026-06-05 — 105 pageviews2026-06-08 — 114 pageviews2026-06-11 — 133 pageviews2026-06-14 — 126 pageviews2026-06-17 — 159 pageviews2026-06-20 — 122 pageviews2026-06-23 — 179 pageviews2026-06-26 — 145 pageviews2026-06-29 — 146 pageviews2026-07-02 — 110 pageviews2026-07-05 — 202 pageviews2026-07-08 — 500 pageviews2026-07-11 — 309 pageviews2026-07-14 — 214 pageviews2026-07-17 — 177 pageviews2026-07-20 — 142 pageviews2026-07-23 — 123 pageviews2026-07-26 — 128 pageviews2026-07-29 — 135 pageviews2026-08-01 — 158 pageviews2026-08-04 — 146 pageviews2026-08-07 — 532 pageviews2026-08-10 — 388 pageviews2026-08-13 — 320 pageviews2026-08-16 — 222 pageviews2026-08-19 — 184 pageviews2026-08-22 — 146 pageviews2026-08-25 — 153 pageviews2026-08-27 — 130 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

34902026-08-28 17:34 — 210 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 349 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 197 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 106 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 121 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 209 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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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