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Quake II RTX cover art

Quake II RTX

Lightspeed Studios™ · NVIDIA · 2019-06-06

SteamGOG

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Quake II RTX is a free-to-play Action and Free To Play game released in 2019, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 4781 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Quake II RTX trailer thumbnail

Quake II RTX: Official Announce Trailer

≈628,246 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 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 7% of 27,667 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 47 of 47 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

1002026-09-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
966Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 96 · peak 680Sep 2019 — avg 14 · peak 36Dec 2019 — avg 28 · peak 91Mar 2020 — avg 19 · peak 53Jun 2020 — avg 14 · peak 32Sep 2020 — avg 16 · peak 33Dec 2020 — avg 33 · peak 148Mar 2021 — avg 14 · peak 42Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 33Sep 2021 — avg 20 · peak 51Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 31Mar 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29Jun 2022 — avg 14 · peak 37Sep 2022 — avg 18 · peak 40Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 48Mar 2023 — avg 15 · peak 36Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 33Sep 2023 — avg 12 · peak 36Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 26Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.00$0.002019-06-072026-10-142019-06-07 — best price $0.002026-08-29 — best price $0.002026-08-31 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-04 — best price $0.002026-09-06 — best price $0.002026-09-08 — best price $0.002026-09-10 — best price $0.002026-09-12 — best price $0.002026-09-14 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-18 — best price $0.002026-09-20 — best price $0.002026-09-22 — best price $0.002026-09-24 — best price $0.002026-09-26 — best price $0.002026-09-28 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-02 — best price $0.002026-10-04 — best price $0.002026-10-06 — best price $0.002026-10-08 — best price $0.002026-10-10 — best price $0.002026-10-12 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSGoreRetroActionRemakeSci-fiClassicShooterViolentMultiplayer

Census log

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

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