Quake II overview

Overview

Quake II comes from id Software, Nightdive Studios, MachineGames and is published by Bethesda Softworks. It arrived on Steam on Aug 3, 2007, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Quake II's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 67 players at 13 September 2026 - 03:48:56 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2,726. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 95% positive across 10,067 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Quake II is available in 6 languages including:

7 regional rating boards including esrb, usk, oflc, nzoflc, and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Quake II has sold up to 707,000 units and has 8,517 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $4,200,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Quake II overview details

Quake II combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Developed by id Software in 1997, Quake II is a critically acclaimed first-person shooter that introduces an entirely new science fiction narrative and setting. Now, experience the authentic, enhanced and complete version of the original. Features Experience the Military Sci-fi FPS, Enhanced Get the Original Mission Packs: The Reckoning and Ground Zero Play the All-New Expansion “Call of the Machine” Get Quake II 64 for Free Enjoy Online & Local Multiplayer/CO-OP Play Together with Crossplay Get the Original & Enhanced Versions Experience the Original Game, Enhanced Enjoy the original, authentic version of Quake II, now with up to 4K* and widescreen resolution support, enhanced models, improved enemy animations and gore, improved and restored AI behaviors, enhanced cinematics, dynamic and colored lighting, anti-aliasing, depth of field, the original, heavy rock soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem, and more. Play the Intense Military Sci-fi Campaign Mankind is at war with the Strogg, a hostile alien race that attacked Earth. In response, humanity launched a strike on the Strogg homeworld...it failed, but you survived. Outnumbered and outgunned, fight your way through fortified military installations and shut down the enemy's war machine. Only then will the fate of humanity be known. Get Both of the Original Mission Packs Quake II includes both original mission packs: “The Reckoning,” featuring 18 campaign levels and 7 deathmatch maps, and “Ground Zero,” featuring 15 campaign levels and 14 deathmatch maps. Mission Pack: The Reckoning In the first official expansion pack for Quake II,…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Quake II is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op, and is associated with Action. SteamPulse's latest observation records 67 players at 13 September 2026 - 03:48:56 UTC, a tracked peak of 2,726, and 95% positive reviews.

Overview tags

FPSClassicActionShooterBoomer Shooter1990'sSci-fiSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackMultiplayerGoreFirst-PersonFast-PacedRetroOld School

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Support and legal notes

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