Genre FPSReleased Sep 17, 2014

Quake Live

Developed by id Software · Published by Bethesda Softworks
Estimated lifetime revenue
$1.12M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$785.2K
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
214.8K
≈ 14 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 15,899 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
15,899
Very Positive87% positive
Playing now
209
26-day peak 272 · low 209
New reviews, last 26 days
+19
≈ 1 a day since Sep 17

History

Sep 17 – Oct 13

15.9K15.9K15.9K15.9K
Sep 17Sep 30Oct 13

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

FPS →

Against the 120 most-reviewed FPS games on Steam

Outearns 23% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$17.67M
145,594 reviews
Top 10% start at
$79.54M
This game
$1.12M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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.

Developer
id Software
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Genre
FPS
Released
Sep 17, 2014
Steam app ID
282440
Data updated
Oct 13, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.