id Software

Founded in 1991
Status: active

Founders: John Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, Adrian Carmack
HQ: Mesquite, Texas

Acquired by ZeniMax Media (Bethesda Softworks' parent company) on 2009-06-24.

--- Trivia
Pronounced /ɪd/ (IPA), this is official, so it's nothing like I.D.

The all lowercase id is the correct and official format of the name, you may have seen it being used with varying kinds of capitalization but that's either to conform to English grammar (first letter of a sentence starts with capitalized letter) or aesthetic purposes.

It is known for Catacomb, Commander Keen, Dangerous Dave, Doom, Enemy Territory, Heretic and HeXen, Quake, Strogg, Wolfenstein

Releases per year

1990	4
1991	10
1992	2
1993	2
1994	15
1995	8
1996	6
1997	6
1998	5
1999	5
2000	2
2001	1
2002	2

2004	2
2005	7
2006	1
2007	3
2008	4
2009	11
2010	3
2011	4
2012	4

2014	1
2015	1
2016	3
2017	1

2020	3

Q1/Q	3

TBA	1

120 video games with valid date were considered (92.3%)

Gametypes frequency

Top platforms

MS-DOS		25
Windows		20
Linux		16
iOS		8
X360		5
OS/2		4
PS3		4
Mac OS Classic		4
Unix		4
BeOS		3
Xbox One		3
PS4		3
Mac OS X		3
Internet Only		2
Zeebo		2

id Software best rated games

Doom	1995	ps1
Doom II	1994	dos
DOOM	1993	dos
The Ultimate Doom	1995	dos
Quake II	1997	win
Quake	1997	win
Doom II	1998	aga
Wolfenstein 3D	1992	dos
Wolfenstein	2009	win
Quake III: Arena	1999	win

id Software worst games

Final Doom	1996	dos
Heretic	1994	dos
Doom	1994	snes
Quake 4	2005	win
Hexen	1995	dos