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Quake III Arena cover art

Quake III Arena

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2007-08-03

SteamMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 22, 2000 (Dreamcast), Dec 15, 2010 (Xbox 360), Dec 02, 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 27, 1999 (Mac), Dec 27, 1999 (Linux)

The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.

Quake III Arena is a $14.99 Action title released in 2007, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 4108 reviews).

17
playing now
96%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (417 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (169 downloads)
6h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Quake III Arena is a 1999 first-person shooter game developed by id Software. The third installment of the Quake series, Arena differs from previous games by excluding a story-based single-player mode and focusing primarily on multiplayer gameplay. The single-player mode is played against computer-controlled bots. It features music composed by Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly founder Bill Leeb.

Trailer

Quake III Arena trailer thumbnail

Quake III Arena - Official Trailer [HD]

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 201 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 164k–329k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,108 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Microsoft Store (2021-12-18) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 44 of 120 observed days · $12.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

41102026-09-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 24 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 24 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 32 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 29 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 29 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 29 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
425Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2012 — avg 8 · peak 26May 2013 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 26Mar 2014 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2014 — avg 8 · peak 27Jan 2015 — avg 10 · peak 30Jun 2015 — avg 9 · peak 22Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 40Apr 2016 — avg 11 · peak 26Sep 2016 — avg 11 · peak 28Feb 2017 — avg 15 · peak 41Jul 2017 — avg 22 · peak 73Dec 2017 — avg 24 · peak 67May 2018 — avg 16 · peak 43Oct 2018 — avg 15 · peak 39Mar 2019 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2019 — avg 28 · peak 63Jan 2020 — avg 33 · peak 75Jun 2020 — avg 24 · peak 59Nov 2020 — avg 29 · peak 79Apr 2021 — avg 24 · peak 55Sep 2021 — avg 29 · peak 65Feb 2022 — avg 26 · peak 61Jul 2022 — avg 23 · peak 47Dec 2022 — avg 24 · peak 69May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 43Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 54Mar 2024 — avg 23 · peak 57Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 67Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 58Jun 2025 — avg 21 · peak 47Nov 2025 — avg 24 · peak 62Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 55Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 68
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-11-30 — best price $19.992016-06-24 — best price $14.992017-06-06 — best price $5.992017-12-27 — best price $14.992019-04-26 — best price $13.492019-12-16 — best price $4.492020-03-30 — best price $14.992020-06-16 — best price $13.492020-07-23 — best price $13.492020-08-28 — best price $14.992020-10-05 — best price $13.492020-11-09 — best price $14.992020-12-15 — best price $14.992021-01-21 — best price $13.492021-02-26 — best price $13.492021-04-07 — best price $14.992021-05-13 — best price $14.992021-07-01 — best price $13.492021-11-21 — best price $14.992022-03-21 — best price $8.992022-06-23 — best price $3.492022-09-26 — best price $14.992023-01-10 — best price $13.492023-05-03 — best price $5.992023-07-14 — best price $8.702023-12-01 — best price $14.992024-02-20 — best price $5.992024-05-25 — best price $14.992024-09-25 — best price $5.992025-01-13 — best price $14.992025-05-01 — best price $5.992025-08-16 — best price $14.992025-11-19 — best price $5.992026-02-02 — best price $4.942026-04-01 — best price $5.992026-05-27 — best price $14.992026-08-21 — best price $13.312026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5881882026-06-03 — 239 pageviews2026-06-07 — 242 pageviews2026-06-11 — 226 pageviews2026-06-15 — 216 pageviews2026-06-19 — 212 pageviews2026-06-23 — 319 pageviews2026-06-27 — 236 pageviews2026-07-01 — 216 pageviews2026-07-05 — 222 pageviews2026-07-09 — 320 pageviews2026-07-13 — 300 pageviews2026-07-17 — 242 pageviews2026-07-21 — 266 pageviews2026-07-25 — 242 pageviews2026-07-29 — 244 pageviews2026-08-02 — 251 pageviews2026-08-06 — 456 pageviews2026-08-10 — 554 pageviews2026-08-14 — 395 pageviews2026-08-18 — 310 pageviews2026-08-22 — 287 pageviews2026-08-26 — 295 pageviews2026-08-30 — 280 pageviews2026-09-03 — 256 pageviews2026-09-07 — 250 pageviews2026-09-11 — 225 pageviews2026-09-15 — 231 pageviews2026-09-19 — 195 pageviews2026-09-23 — 256 pageviews2026-09-27 — 255 pageviews2026-10-01 — 246 pageviews2026-10-05 — 257 pageviews2026-10-09 — 229 pageviews2026-10-12 — 188 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSGore1990'sActionSci-fiClassicShooterModdableDifficultFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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