Quake Live on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

Quake Live is a fps, arena shooter and multiplayer game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Released on September 17th 2014 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 15,334 reviews of which 13,263 were positive and 2,071 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.49€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: 2 GHz Intel Processor or better
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX or better, ATI Radeon 8500 or better, Intel i915 chipset or better 1024x600 resolution
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Stereo Soundcard

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Sept. 2024
I do love instagib here much more than in Quake Champions because here you have railjump, more settings to adjust the game for yourself and uniformed hitbox (against QC where everybody picks Nyx). There are no abilities as well so in instagib you can test your pure skill. 2024 is almost over and there are some people still active.
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Aug. 2024
One of the best game concepts ever made, ,it's original Quake 3 is 25 years old and allot of players still play it. What else can you say about a game that players still play 25 years after it was created.
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July 2024
the game is fun when you are not playing aganist 40 years old people who gave his last 30 years to quake
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July 2024
Truly the definitive way to play Quake nowadays. While Quake 3 Arena's presentation & atmosphere is better (nothing will ever beat Christian Antkow's iconic voice as the announcer), Quake Live has the best gameplay of the entire Quake franchise. It's basically Quake 3 on steroids! As a newbie, I've been getting stomped on by other players, but that's all part of the fun though. Even at only 14.5 hrs as of the time of this review, I've already improved massively since I first started. If you're willing to go through a tough learning curve, there is so much fun to be had with Quake Live!
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April 2024
Incredibly fun, no-BS Quake experience. The community is small, but active, and very friendly. Most other players are happy to share help/tips if you ask. Quake Live's gameplay is simple to understand for a dummy like me, but difficult to master, and very rewarding. It feels great when you hit a mid-air rocket or a tricky rail flick. Highly recommend!
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Quake Live
8.5
13,263
2,071
Online players
269
Developer
id Software
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Release 17 Sep 2014
Platforms
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