Games like Quake Live
If Quake Live is your kind of game, the closest matches are Quake Champions, Aim Expert and ShootMania Storm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its high skill ceiling, raw and fair gameplay and tactical positioning matters. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Quake Live is an arena first-person shooter developed by id Software and released in 2014, available for $9.99. Players describe the combat as intense and competitive, with a high skill ceiling that rewards fast reflexes and tactical positioning. Reviewers highlight the raw and fair gameplay where skill-based balancing ensures competitive matches. The game features massive content with over 100 arenas and a dozen modes, tracking persistent career stats. It supports online co-op play and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck. The title holds an 89% positive rating from 2,633 Steam reviews.
About Quake Live: 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.
Players who liked Quake Live also play
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Quake Champions
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Quake Live.
Top pick for Quake Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.
Aim Expert
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Quake Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Aim Expert is a skill based aiming simulator providing arcade style levels and standard aim training modes. Challenge yourself in all aspects of aiming and climb the leaderboards to showcase your skills.
ShootMania Storm
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Quake Live.
Third-strongest match for Quake Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake Live.
ShootMania the FPS “Powered By Players”ShootMania Storm is revolutionizing the multiplayer FPS by adding a community dimension and unlimited replayability. Developed by the Nadeo studio, renowned for community racing game, TrackMania, ShootMania Storm boasts quick-fire matches and epic battles, where only your talent will distinguish you...
Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Quake Live.
Ranked #4 for Quake Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Unreal Tournament 2004 is a multiplayer first person shooter that combines the kill-or-be-killed experience of gladiatorial combat with cutting-edge technology. Ten game modes - both team-based and "every man for himself" -- provide even the most hardcore gamer with palm-sweating challenges through unbelievably detailed indoor...
BLITZ ARENA
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Quake Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake Live.
FPS party game, 8 players compete in a tournament with a multitude of competitive gamemodes ! Solo, duo or team (4v4), prepare to fight in fast and tactical gamemodes. (Versus, Gungame, Battle royal, Dodegball, Runner ...)
Quantum League
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Quake Live.
Ranked #6 for Quake Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Quantum League is a revolutionary Time-Paradox Shooter: a competitive online FPS where you are battling within a time loop, tactically teaming up with your past and future selves in mind-blowing 1v1 and 2v2 matches.
ShockRods
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Quake Live fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake Live.
ShockRods features all the over the top, in your face vehicle combat that you have come to expect from Stainless Games, the world renowned indie studio that specialises in vehicular mayhem.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Quake Live
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Quake II
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Quake Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake Live.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Quake III Arena
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Quake Live.
Reviewers of Quake Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake Live.
The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.
Overwatch®
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Quake Live.
Reviewers of Quake Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
Quake 4
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Quake Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake Live.
As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.
QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Quake Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake Live.
After defeating Shub-Niggurath, you arrive back at your home base on Earth, but it's not all blue skies and butterflies. Apparently, not all QUAKE forces have been subdued. Chaos ensues as you blast your way through the QUAKE minions and toward the infested gateway. Your only choice is to find the source of evil and shut it down.
Quake Champions
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Quake Live.
Reviewers of Quake Live cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Quake Live at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Quake Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Quake Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Quake Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Quake Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Quake Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Quake Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Quake Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake Live.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Quake Live on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake Live.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake Live.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake Live.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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More from id Software
Other recommendable Steam games by id Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
DOOM Eternal
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake Live. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Quake Live.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake Live. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
DOOM: The Dark Ages
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Quake Live.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake Live. Shares Action with Quake Live.
DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Quake Live.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake Live. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
RAGE 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Quake Live.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake Live. Shares Action with Quake Live.
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Quake Live.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake Live. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
RAGE
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake Live. Shares Action with Quake Live.
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
DOOM 3
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake Live. Shares Action with Quake Live.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
Frequently asked about Quake Live
- Does Quake Live run on Steam Deck?
- Quake Live is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Quake Live cost?
- Quake Live is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Quake Live have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Quake Live supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Quake Live?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Quake Live are Quake Champions, Aim Expert, ShootMania Storm.
- Who developed Quake Live?
- Quake Live was developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Quake Live.
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