Action
Quake Live
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 30% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 15,900
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 15h it's 1 in 13 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 30% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 16,005 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 242 reviews: 9.8h for positive, 3.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (29.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (58)
story milestone ending side
- Testing One..Two.. Complete 1 match. 100%
- Raptor Frag an opponent while you are in the air. 83%
- Psychic Use a rocket to kill an opponent who is in the air. 65%
- Speed Kills Frag an enemy while moving at over 500 units per second. 48%
- Victory Win a match for the first time. 47%
- First Frag Score the first kill in a match. 47%
- Killjoy Frag an opponent who has Quad Damage when you have no power-up. 43%
- Hat Trick Record 3 Excellent medals in 1 game. 40%
- First Taste Accumulate 100 Frags. 36%
- Accelerate Beginner Finish the first hall in the Accelerate training level. 30%
- Plus One Frag an opponent when you have only 1 health. 28%
- Crash Test Win the Crash Course match against our trainer. 28%
- Camper Record 15 or more frags in a single match with the Rail Gun. 27%
- Accelerate Adept Finish the second hall in the Accelerate training level. 25%
- Bandit Deny Quad Damage from your opponent. 24%
- Elevate Adept Finish the second hall in the Elevate training level. 24%
- Elevate Beginner Finish the first hall in the Elevate training level. 24%
- Hooked Accumulate 500 Frags. 16%
- Overkill Use the Rail Gun to frag an opponent with only 1 point of health. 15%
- Hall Monitor Reach the end of the skill test hallway in the Crash Course. 14%
- Aim Bot Win a match with 60% or greater accuracy. 13%
- Air Hammer Frag an opponent with Gauntlet while both of you are in the air. 13%
- Brawler Record 5 Gauntlet frags in one match. 12%
- Fear Me Accumulate 1000 Frags. 11%
- Evil Eye Accumulate 100 Revenge Medals. 9.4%
- Accelerate Expert Finish the final hall in the Accelerate training level. 8.8%
- Last Hope In Clan Arena, frag 3 or more opposing players to win the round, when you're the last alive. 8.4%
- Pull Record 5 Shotgun frags of opponents in the air in one match. 8.4%
- Assassin Accumulate 250 Impressive Medals. 8.1%
- Smack Down Accumulate 10 or more Quad Damage frags in 1 game. 7.7%
- Elevate Expert Finish the final hall in the Elevate training level. 7.7%
- Rocket Man Accumulate 500 frags using the Rocket Launcher. 7.4%
- Nade Spam Win a CA round using the Grenade Launcher. 6.7%
- 2 in 2 Accumulate 250 Excellent Medals. 6.4%
- Here Goes Nothing Frag your opponent with Gauntlet in a Duel. 6.4%
- Jesse James Win a Duel without dying. 6.4%
- Midair Get 25 frags using projectiles on opponents midair. 6.1%
- Big Time Complete 250 matches. 5.7%
- Fight Club Accumulate 50 Humiliation Medals. 5.7%
- Full House Earn at least 1 Capture, Defense, and Assist medal in a CTF match. 5.4%
- Resource Hog Get Quad and Battle Suit in one match. 5.4%
- Punch Out Get the last frag in a CA round with gauntlet. 5.1%
- Sucker Punch Use the Gauntlet to frag an opponent who has Quad Damage. 5.1%
- Vadri'gar Accumulate 10000 Frags. 3.0%
- Prize Fighter Complete 1000 matches. 2.7%
- Sidekick Accumulate 100 Assist Medals. 2.7%
- WTF Was That Record your first frag with the Kamikaze Item. 1.7%
- Guardian Accumulate 100 Defense Medals. 1.3%
- Trifecta Earn 3 or more Capture, Defense, and Assist medals in a CTF match. 1.3%
- Missed Opportunity Kill the opposing team in Attack & Defend without touching the flag. 1.0%
- MVP Accumulate 1000 combined total Capture the Flag Medals (Capture, Assist, Defense). 1.0%
- Point Denied Hold 3 Domination control points in an arena for at least 30 seconds. 1.0%
- Clutch Win a Capture the Flag match by 1 capture, ending the match with your winning flag run. 0.7%
- Color Guard Accumulate 100 Capture Medals. 0.3%
- Miracle Maker Kill two enemy flag carriers moments before their cap in 1 game. 0.3%
- Ninja Cap Capture the flag in Attack & Defend without killing anyone on the team, minimum size 3. 0.3%
- Head Hunter Capture at least 3 skulls at once in Harvester. 0.3%
- Wicked Record a final score of 666 in Capture the Flag. 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.