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Quake II cover art

Quake II

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2007-08-03

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

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.

Quake II is an Action game released in 2007, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 10412 reviews).

48
playing now
95%
positive of 10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
98/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
55
Nexus mods (8.9k downloads)
4.74★
PlayStation Store rating (2,789 ratings)
26h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 36h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

48 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Quake II trailer thumbnail

Quake II - Official Trailer (2023)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 48 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 5% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 416k–833k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,412 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 48 of 130 observed days (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

173322026-09-15 12:00 — 72 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 110 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 65 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 73 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 173 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 66 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 96 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 78 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 76 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 100 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 73 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 37 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 73 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 122 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 43 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 83 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 112 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 58 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 107 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 129 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 73 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 48 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7757Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 13 · peak 29Dec 2012 — avg 10 · peak 29May 2013 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2013 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2014 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2014 — avg 10 · peak 30Jan 2015 — avg 14 · peak 40Jun 2015 — avg 11 · peak 28Nov 2015 — avg 12 · peak 45Apr 2016 — avg 13 · peak 34Sep 2016 — avg 13 · peak 34Feb 2017 — avg 16 · peak 40Jul 2017 — avg 23 · peak 67Dec 2017 — avg 24 · peak 73May 2018 — avg 16 · peak 36Oct 2018 — avg 15 · peak 37Mar 2019 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2019 — avg 37 · peak 68Jan 2020 — avg 36 · peak 72Jun 2020 — avg 34 · peak 64Nov 2020 — avg 28 · peak 71Apr 2021 — avg 26 · peak 54Sep 2021 — avg 31 · peak 66Feb 2022 — avg 23 · peak 46Jul 2022 — avg 19 · peak 43Dec 2022 — avg 24 · peak 51May 2023 — avg 19 · peak 41Oct 2023 — avg 183 · peak 400Mar 2024 — avg 99 · peak 212Aug 2024 — avg 105 · peak 222Jan 2025 — avg 90 · peak 189Jun 2025 — avg 78 · peak 159Nov 2025 — avg 80 · peak 177Apr 2026 — avg 74 · peak 144Aug 2026 — avg 111 · peak 238
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.132015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8472022026-05-30 — 210 pageviews2026-06-03 — 252 pageviews2026-06-07 — 204 pageviews2026-06-11 — 204 pageviews2026-06-15 — 265 pageviews2026-06-19 — 207 pageviews2026-06-23 — 257 pageviews2026-06-27 — 234 pageviews2026-07-01 — 233 pageviews2026-07-05 — 230 pageviews2026-07-09 — 300 pageviews2026-07-13 — 300 pageviews2026-07-17 — 279 pageviews2026-07-21 — 228 pageviews2026-07-25 — 263 pageviews2026-07-29 — 243 pageviews2026-08-02 — 261 pageviews2026-08-06 — 569 pageviews2026-08-10 — 628 pageviews2026-08-14 — 439 pageviews2026-08-18 — 325 pageviews2026-08-22 — 288 pageviews2026-08-26 — 273 pageviews2026-08-30 — 313 pageviews2026-09-03 — 265 pageviews2026-09-07 — 247 pageviews2026-09-11 — 269 pageviews2026-09-15 — 261 pageviews2026-09-19 — 206 pageviews2026-09-23 — 255 pageviews2026-09-27 — 244 pageviews2026-10-01 — 206 pageviews2026-10-05 — 226 pageviews2026-10-08 — 230 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreRetro1990'sActionSci-fiClassicShooterFast-PacedOld School

Census log

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

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