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Quake II cover art

Quake II

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2007-08-03

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 10, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 10, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 10, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 10, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 10, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 10, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

169
playing now
95%
positive of 10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
98/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
26h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 36h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

169 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Quake II is a 1997 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Activision. It is the second installment of the Quake series, following Quake. Developed over the course of a year, Quake II was released on December 9, 1997. In contrast to the first game, which featured a combination of science fiction and fantasy elements, Quake II entirely drops the latter elements and is set during humankind's war against a rogue alien race known as the Strogg, half-mutant half-machine creatures whose homeplanet, Stroggos, is the target of the humans' invasion force. The player takes the role of a space marine as he crash-lands on the planet and, being the last survivor of his squad, is tasked with completing a series of missions to cripple the Strogg and end their plans to conquer Earth. The game's storyline is continued in its expansions, including one tying in Quake II and the first game, and Quake 4. The game's heavy metal soundtrack was provided by Sascha Dikiciyan.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 169 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 543 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,871 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 414k–829k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,361 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.00-60%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.06 at Savemi (2018-11-21) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 52 of 132 observed days · $2.94 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,828 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

207672026-08-06 21:00 — 121 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 82 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 105 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 155 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 92 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 99 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 176 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 110 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 151 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 165 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 99 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 151 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 73 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 116 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 156 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 77 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 137 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 207 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 67 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 104 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 153 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 111 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 108 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 147 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 99 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 91 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 130 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 92 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 169 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.132015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-11-30 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-08-28 — best price $9.992018-03-23 — best price $4.492018-10-08 — best price $9.992019-04-25 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $1.492020-02-07 — best price $4.642020-04-13 — best price $9.992020-06-15 — best price $4.992020-08-03 — best price $4.992020-09-16 — best price $4.992020-10-26 — best price $4.392021-01-06 — best price $4.042021-05-16 — best price $4.992021-09-29 — best price $4.992022-01-25 — best price $4.992022-04-27 — best price $1.902022-08-07 — best price $4.342022-10-24 — best price $1.992023-01-07 — best price $4.282023-04-17 — best price $1.992023-06-10 — best price $4.282023-09-05 — best price $4.992023-11-29 — best price $8.492024-02-20 — best price $3.992024-05-16 — best price $3.992024-09-13 — best price $3.492024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-03-19 — best price $3.992025-06-18 — best price $3.992025-09-25 — best price $3.992025-12-17 — best price $3.992026-02-26 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $9.992026-07-01 — best price $8.872026-08-24 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8971722026-05-30 — 210 pageviews2026-06-02 — 209 pageviews2026-06-05 — 255 pageviews2026-06-08 — 257 pageviews2026-06-11 — 204 pageviews2026-06-14 — 235 pageviews2026-06-17 — 211 pageviews2026-06-20 — 200 pageviews2026-06-23 — 257 pageviews2026-06-26 — 311 pageviews2026-06-29 — 251 pageviews2026-07-02 — 193 pageviews2026-07-05 — 230 pageviews2026-07-08 — 273 pageviews2026-07-11 — 270 pageviews2026-07-14 — 272 pageviews2026-07-17 — 279 pageviews2026-07-20 — 260 pageviews2026-07-23 — 257 pageviews2026-07-26 — 286 pageviews2026-07-29 — 243 pageviews2026-08-01 — 272 pageviews2026-08-04 — 347 pageviews2026-08-07 — 897 pageviews2026-08-10 — 628 pageviews2026-08-13 — 438 pageviews2026-08-16 — 385 pageviews2026-08-19 — 323 pageviews2026-08-22 — 288 pageviews2026-08-25 — 351 pageviews2026-08-27 — 252 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
27.2%
earned "Establish Communications"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)9,51529%13
Steam (Steam)8,16625%13
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,33224%9
PS5 (PlayStation)3,08155%14
PS4 (PlayStation)1,42064%14
Switch (Nintendo)3640%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSGoreRetro1990'sActionSci-fiClassicShooterFast-PacedOld School

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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