Quake

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 16k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

id Software · FPS · Aug 3, 2007

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
38
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio0 of 6
Subtitles0 of 6

Should I buy Quake?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 16k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
66% of themes are praise17% are divided17% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The 3 new expansions by Machine Games really beef up the overall package in terms of gameplay, fun, playtime and map design.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Enemies tend to be a lot more “bullet spongey” than what Doom felt like, but this is usually balanced out by fun arsenal of explosive weapons.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Quake made movement in FPS a lot more fun and involved, compared to prior titles.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Oh and the soundtrack by Nine Inch Nails is just perfect – it’s mostly weird dark ambient noise, with occasional clear heavy riffs and it fits the levels and their generally quick pace really well.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The remastered version means it runs smoothly but the textures all look the way they used to, and I really enjoyed it for that.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's also worth noting this is by far the most painless way to play multiplayer/co-op, if you're into that sort of thing.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay56 reviews
Combat53 reviews
Performance38 reviews
Audio38 reviews
Graphics34 reviews
Multiplayer28 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Co-op11 reviews
Divided opinion
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Interface
80% still recommend
Players complain
Story
100% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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