Quake 3 Arena

Updated August 2025: Now includes more games!

The Quake 3 Arena Flatpak on Flathub is currently broken, producing no output, which makes the game unplayable. I've fixed this issue and included the working version in the Ironforge Flatpak repository.

To play, you need to place the original .pk3 files in the correct directory.

You should get the Original pkg3 files from the ISO (also available on archive.org).

Then download the patch .pk3 files from here: patch-data

You should prepare a base3q folder that you can then move into the right spot:

mkdir -p        ~/.var/app/sh.ironforge.ioquake3/data/q3a
mv  base3q      ~/.var/app/sh.ironforge.ioquake3/data/q3a  # Quake III Arena

This ensures the game runs smoothly with all necessary files in place.

Install the Flatpak

flatpak install sh.ironforge.ioquake3

and run!

flatpak run sh.ironforge.ioquake3