Nostalgia and timeless classic feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“no matter how much time passes and what i play, i always end up going back to quake”
Steam review · 243.8 h played ↗
Quake Live
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%id Software2014FPS · Arena Shooter · Action
The verdict
Quake Live is a fast, brutally skill-based Quake 3 arena shooter with great movement, but a tiny veteran-dominated, kick-happy playerbase. Skip it if you want a welcoming or casual multiplayer experience.
Great for
Quake 3 veterans and masochistic arena-shooter fans who enjoy a very high skill ceiling and fast movement
Main risk
Few active servers, and veterans may stomp or vote-kick you as a newcomer
What players love
Very high skill ceiling, rewarding to improve
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Easy to learn, impossible to master. Perhaps the most skill-based shooter on the market”
Steam review · 778.6 h played ↗
Faithful, modernized Quake 3 Arena
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“QuakeLive is pretty much Quake3Arena Remastered and it ticks all the boxes! -Native widescreen. -AntiLag netcode and beefed up rates.”
Steam review · 395.1 h played ↗
Fast, fluid movement and gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“probably best movement I have ever experienced.”
Steam review · 20.7 h played ↗
Lots of maps, modes and bots
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“For $10 you truly get a lot of content even if you just want to play against bots and chill while listening to music. There are SO many maps.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Fun even while losing; cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“even if you're getting dominated by veterans of the game - it's still insanely fun.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Dead playerbase, few active servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“There isn't more than 60 people in any Continent playing at a any given time.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗
Paid now after being free-to-play
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Quake Live was already free to play so Bethesda made the genius decision to start charging for it.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Toxic, gatekeeping community kicks newcomers
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“if they think you are not good enough they will vote kick you out of the game”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Won't launch or display/resolution problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“no matter what i do i can hear the game but its just the frame and a black screen”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Abandoned, buggy, broken achievements and stats
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“THIS GAME IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED. ACHIEVEMENTS AREN'T WORKING.”
Steam review · 32.9 h played ↗
Cheaters and weak netcode
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“This game has no anti-cheat.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or later
Processor2 GHz Intel Processor or better
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 4 MX or better, ATI Radeon 8500 or better, Intel i915 chipset or better 1024x600 resolution
Storage1 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 or later
Processor2 GHz Intel Quad Core Processor or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 7 Series or better, ATI Radeon X1800 series or better 1920x1080 resolution
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or later
Processor2 GHz Intel Processor or better
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 4 MX or better, ATI Radeon 8500 or better, Intel i915 chipset or better 1024x600 resolution
Storage1 GB available space
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