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Quake Live

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2014-09-17

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 06, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.

259
playing now
87%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
41
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
IGDB user rating (68 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

259 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Quake Live is a first-person arena shooter video game by id Software. It is an updated version of Quake III Arena that was originally designed as a free-to-play game launched via a web browser plug-in. On September 17, 2014, the game was re-launched as a standalone title on Steam.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 259 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 294 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 397k–953k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,875 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.00-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2015-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 52 observed days · $1.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
959520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4811252026-08-06 21:00 — 481 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 268 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 236 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 473 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 297 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 283 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 466 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 348 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 330 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 415 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 167 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 234 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 399 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 174 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 218 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 334 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 217 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 235 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 422 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 207 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 173 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 402 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 217 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 190 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 401 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 239 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 159 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 367 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 259 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $0.002016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $3.292017-08-29 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-05-16 — best price $9.992021-11-20 — best price $2.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-08-16 — best price $3.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-08-02 — best price $2.992023-12-18 — best price $2.642024-02-08 — best price $2.592024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $9.992024-07-18 — best price $2.692024-08-23 — best price $9.992024-11-01 — best price $2.692024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-06 — best price $2.692025-02-07 — best price $2.402025-03-21 — best price $9.992025-06-20 — best price $2.642025-08-13 — best price $9.992025-09-05 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $2.542025-12-02 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $2.552026-02-09 — best price $2.582026-03-10 — best price $8.702026-04-18 — best price $2.642026-05-21 — best price $2.692026-06-29 — best price $2.642026-07-28 — best price $9.992026-08-21 — best price $8.872026-08-27 — best price $3.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

176262026-05-30 — 46 pageviews2026-06-02 — 40 pageviews2026-06-05 — 42 pageviews2026-06-08 — 46 pageviews2026-06-11 — 46 pageviews2026-06-14 — 61 pageviews2026-06-17 — 43 pageviews2026-06-20 — 38 pageviews2026-06-23 — 65 pageviews2026-06-26 — 80 pageviews2026-06-29 — 54 pageviews2026-07-02 — 71 pageviews2026-07-05 — 84 pageviews2026-07-08 — 105 pageviews2026-07-11 — 95 pageviews2026-07-14 — 71 pageviews2026-07-17 — 72 pageviews2026-07-20 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 73 pageviews2026-07-26 — 58 pageviews2026-07-29 — 60 pageviews2026-08-01 — 69 pageviews2026-08-04 — 50 pageviews2026-08-07 — 176 pageviews2026-08-10 — 130 pageviews2026-08-13 — 79 pageviews2026-08-16 — 79 pageviews2026-08-19 — 62 pageviews2026-08-22 — 58 pageviews2026-08-25 — 57 pageviews2026-08-27 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.1k22026-08-28 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 98 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 202 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 264 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 148 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 146 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 185 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 720 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 910 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 1,117 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 689 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 41 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
29.7%
earned "Testing One..Two.."
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,9651%58

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

Player tags

FPSFunnyActionClassicParkourShootere-sportsDifficultFast-PacedOld School

Census log

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

Players also track

Quake III ArenaRogue WarriorGET EVENImmortal: UnchainedPaladins®Black Squad

Similarity via IGDB.

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