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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.

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Release DateAug 3, 2007
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.4% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 10% / 95.4%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.3% Top 2% / 91.5%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.9K  Top 10% / 3.4K  Top 10%
Curators215 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time6.1 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar25 minutes
Followers12.9K  Top 10%
Owners± 622.1K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 307.6K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 2.9M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Quake III Arena steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Quake III Arena's Steam rating and reviews from October 2010 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 90% (December 2010) to 98.5% (January 2014).

Quake III Arena is an AAA level success, with 3.4K reviews Top 10%. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts. Most of the peaks took place in November.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Quake III Arena and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Quake III Arena's review languages. The most popular language is English (59%), followed by Russian (16%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 27 languages represented. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Quake III Arena percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Quake III Arena depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is adequate, reaching 22 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.2 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A low negative review time (median : 91 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by Quake III Arena and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Balanced, competitive gameplay
  • Great weapon variety
  • Good level design
  • Awesome music
  • Weapons deliver power
  • Offline bot support
  • Combat is all skill based
  • Exciting sound & music
  • All weapons is fun to use
  • All pickup is very important
  • Finding a match online is almost impossible
  • Maps aren't too visually diverse
  • AI is just aim-botty on the hardest difficulty
  • Short campaign
  • Too light on gameplay customisation
  • An expensive add-on

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 95.4% rating  Top 10% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Quake III Arena's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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