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Mobile game · 1996

Quake

Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons.

Estimated daily players

~120,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 8.9K1.1M

Estimated total players

~2,500,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 890K7.1M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Jun 22, 1996Legacy Mobile DeviceCLASS IND 18ACB MA15+ESRB 18

What the estimate rests on

  • Steam 79%
  • Reddit 21%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Quake, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Steam, Reddit. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~120,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 8.9K1.1M

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~2,500,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 890K7.1M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Quake per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~1,000,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Quake where it is sold.

Steam players in game

1,206

Reviews
15,891

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Only the games with a PC port appear here, but where Steam does report it is a real concurrent-player count rather than a proxy for one.

Community signals

How many people gather around Quake outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

35,741

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

Not tracked for Quake: Google Play, App Store, Discord, YouTube, Twitch. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Storyline

The player takes the role of a protagonist known as Ranger who was sent into a portal in order to stop an enemy code-named "Quake". The government had been experimenting with teleportation technology and developed a working prototype called a "Slipgate"; the mysterious Quake compromised the Slipgate by connecting it with its own teleportation system, using it to send death squads to the "Human" dimension in order to test the martial capabilities of Humanity.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Quake?

We estimate that about 2,500,000 people have played Quake — plausibly between 890K and 7.1M. Around 120,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 8.9K and 1.1M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Steam and Reddit rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Quake still active?

Yes. Quake is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Quake player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 1 readings taken since August 9, 2026.

How big is the Quake Reddit community?

Quake has 35,741 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Quake released?

Quake was released on June 22, 1996 for Legacy Mobile Device.

What platforms is Quake available on?

Quake is available on Legacy Mobile Device.

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