Classic Quake-style arena gameplay
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Quake death match is some of the most fun you can have in gaming and Deathmatch Classic does it justice.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Deathmatch Classic
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Very Positive · 82%Very Positive · 82%Valve2001FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A faithful Quake-style arena shooter with Half-Life skins that's fast and fun, but servers are nearly empty. Skip it unless you have friends to play with or are happy with bots.
Great for
Quake fans with a few friends, LAN nights, or anyone who wants a cheap nostalgic retro arena shooter
Main risk
Almost no players online, so you'll be alone on empty servers or with bots
What players love
Fast, chaotic, addictive action
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It is fast paced and extremely addicting.”
Steam review · 12 h played ↗
Bots keep servers playable
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“sucks its dead as hell but at least theres servers with bots”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Fun with friends or on LAN
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“get some friends together (online or LAN), order some pizza, maybe even put on some hype music, and hop onto an empty server, and you're guaranteed to have some dumb chaotic fun”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Half-Life characters and nostalgic charm
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I've killed SpongeBob, Homer Simpson, and even ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Colgate toothpaste all while playing as Dr. Eggman.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Cheap, tiny, runs on anything
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“the game is quite good, and I won't even mention that it weighs only 50 megabytes”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Servers are dead, almost no players
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“the issue is that no one plays it. absolutely no one. i honestly cannot give it a fair shot because all servers have zero player count.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Just Quake, so no reason to buy it
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“There's no reason to play this game over Quake which has free multiplayer through the shareware version, endless mod support and runs on everything.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Not worth the price; should be free
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The fact Valve still sells this for any more than $0.99 is terrible.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Mouse, display and crash bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“I move the mouse and the character stares at one point, and it's not just my problem or my friend's”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗
Unbalanced weapons and clunky feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“There is a wide spread of weapons, most of which I never wanted to use because the rocket launcher was better in every conceivable way.”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗
Few maps and gets boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“the lack of maps and weapons makes the game get extremely boring after playing it for a long time”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Steam doesn’t list requirements for this game.
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