Quake III Arena

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^*

Genres

• first-person shooter

• arena shooter

• horror game^*

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

• Single-player^*
• multiplayer^*

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  16^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Quake

Engines

• id Tech 3

Localized titles

• Quake III Arena

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

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

Interface languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  231^*

• Arena Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  176^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  169^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  169^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  155^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  103^*

• Competitive^*

  Votes · historical

  97^*

• 1990's^*

  Votes · historical

  94^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  78^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  70^*

• Fast-Paced^*

  Votes · historical

  63^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  54^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  46^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• Moddable^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• e-sports^*

  Votes · historical

  37^*

• Old School^*

  Votes · historical

  36^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  22^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  21^*

• Boomer Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  13^*

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^*

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^*

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^*

• 1999-12-02

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 1999-12-02 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  1999-12-02^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Aug 3, 2007^*

Detailed specifications