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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.

Release DateSep 17, 2014
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.7% (very positive) / 86.1%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.5% Top 15% / 84.1%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)3.6K  Top 10% / 15K  Top 2%
Curators511 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time9 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar54 minutes  Top 30%
Followers28.9K  Top 4%
Owners± 2.3M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 448.2K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.5M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This graph shows Quake Live's Steam rating and reviews between September 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 90% (September 2014) and 84.5% (August 2016).

With 15K reviews Top 2%, Quake Live is an undeniable major AAA level success. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

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

This donut graph displays the languages of Quake Live's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (56%), followed by Russian (19%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time players have spent in Quake Live, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 82 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • retains hyper speed, insane skill
  • satisfaction
  • well-populated
  • hyper-kinetic gameplay
  • community is kind and welcoming
  • large variety of servers
  • well-designed maps
  • large weapon arsenal
  • reversal of censorship
  • runs and looks beautiful
  • requires setup
  • limited map selection
  • tweaked items, timers, and weapon values
  • not for Quake purists
  • crashes on Steam Deck
  • boycott due to censorship and playerbase division
  • advertisements in F2P version
  • no single player campaign
  • learning curve
  • veteran player dominance

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 score of 87.7% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Quake Live's review data provided by Steam. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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