id Software^*

Quake III Arena

1999 first-person shooter · arena shooter · horror game^* +1^*

At a glance

Genres

first-person shooter
arena shooter
horror game^*
shooter game^*

Play modes

single-player video game
multiplayer video game
Single-player^*
multiplayer^*

Series

Quake

Game facts

Developers

id Software^*

Publishers

Suntendy Interactive Multimedia Co.,Ltd.
id Software^*
Loki Entertainment · Activision · Linux^*
Sega · Activision · Dreamcast^*
EA Games · Activision · PlayStation 2 (Revolution)^*
Bethesda Softworks · Activision · Xbox 360 (Arena Arcade)^*
Activision^*

Engines

id Tech 3

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Platforms

Classic Mac OS
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation Portable
Linux
Mac operating system
Symbian
BeOS
IBM PC compatible
Android
AmigaOS 4^*
Windows^*
Mac OS^*
Mac OS X^*
Dreamcast^*
PlayStation 2^*
Xbox 360^*
iOS^*

Players by platform

Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
16^*

Content classifications

ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
M - Mature^*

Compatibility and community reports

Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Gold^*
Reports
36^*
Community confidence
strong^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Unsupported^*

System requirements

Windows · Unspecified tier^*
Requirements
3-D Hardware Accelerator with full OpenGL® support, Pentium® 233 Mhz MMX®processor with 8 MB Video Card or Pentium II 266 Mhz processor with 4 MB Video Card, or AMD® 350 Mhz K6®-2 processor with 4 MB Video Card, 64 MB RAM, a 100% Windows® XP/Vista compatible computer system (including compatible 32-bit drivers for video card, sound card and input devices), 25 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files (Minimum Install), plus 45 MB for the Windows swap file, 100% DirectX 3.0 or higher compatible sound card, 100% Microsoft-compatible mouse and driver, joystick (optional)^*
Windows · Minimum^*
Graphics alternatives
DirectX 9.0c compatible video card^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHzIntel Pentium II 300 MHz^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*
macOS^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Multi-player^*
PvP^*
Online PvP^*
LAN PvP^*
Steam Cloud^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Action^*

Screenshots

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* Provisional data