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Quake II RTX

Lightspeed Studios™ · NVIDIA · 2019-06-06

SteamGOG

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 06, 2019 (Linux)

Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic, by NVIDIA’s Lightspeed Studios. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination are a result of the path-traced simulation of light.

3
playing now
87%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 127 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (939 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 2 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77177120192026Week of 2019-06-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2232026-08-06 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

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1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FPSGoreRetroActionRemakeSci-fiClassicShooterViolentMultiplayer

Census log

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

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