Players at QuakeCon reported the multiplayer gameplay to include elements similar to those in previous Quake games such as strafe-jumping or rocket jumping. Multiplayer modes are Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Tourney, Capture the Flag, Arena CTF and DeadZone. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. On August 4, 2011, the game was made available through Steam. The Xbox 360 version of Quake 4 is based on the Special Collectors Edition, and includes Quake II. A special DVD Collectors Edition was released, including promotional material and the game Quake II with its expansions, The Reckoning and Ground Zero. Quake 4 went gold in early October 2005 and was released on October 18 for Microsoft Windows, and later for Linux and OS X, Xbox 360. The game has an increased emphasis on single-player gameplay compared to previous installments its multiplayer mode does not support playable bots.

Raven Software collaborated with id Software, who supervised the development of the game as well as provided the id Tech 4 engine upon which it was built. It is the fourth title in the Quake series, after the multiplayer Quake III Arena, and a sequel to Quake II. Quake 4 is a 2005 military science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision.