How much revenue did Quake III Arena make?

An estimated 869k to 2.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Quake III Arena sell?

Q: How many copies did Quake III Arena sell?

An estimated 211k to 343k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 211k–343k; $869k–$2.3M net $1.6M–$3.6M gross; from 4k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Quake III Arena out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Quake III Arena's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 673k–1.1M

best case 1.2M (Quake Champions)

The FPS lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 1.0M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.0M copies

≈ $4.1M after Steam's cut

from ~17k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.2M copies

Quake Champions

from 39k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Arena Shooter + Hero Shooter, priced around $15.
The games you compared span 2007 to 2022, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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Quake II 2007	Est. copies ≈ 529k–860k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M net $2.6M–$6.0M gross	$9.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSClassic +6
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Quake Champions 2022	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	39k reviews Mostly Positive	Arena ShooterHero Shooter +6
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