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September 2026

The State of Quake Champions: Doom Edition

Every number here comes from QuakeHub polling every public QC: Doom Edition server on Earth every 90 seconds, real players only, bots filtered out, since August 2026.

MonthQuarterYear
November 2026October 2026September 2026August 2026
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–NetQuake–Quake 4–Bloodrun–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake Champions–
QC: Doom Edition
14,041▼ 23%
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
90▼ 41%
hours of QC: Doom Edition played
0.1▼ 80%
players online on average
10▼ 33%
peak players at once
26▼ 19%
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
81
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
0.20.40.60.81 avg 0 1peak · Sep 2 Sep 18152229 0.20.40.60.81 avg 0 1peak · Sep 2 Sep 18152229

Servers on the map

TioPucho - 13 hoursTioPucho - 11 hoursQuakeHub.net Duel - Dallas - 7 hoursThere is no spoon QC:DE DM - 5 hoursHOPEAPYTTY DEATHMATCH - 4 hourstastyspleen.net::QC:DE Deathmatch - 3 hours[Pizza-Doom-UK] QC:DE FFA - 3 hours[FAP] qcde hiki - 3 hoursQC:DE DM v3.0 - 3 hours[FAP] QUAKECON 2026 - FFA - NEW MAPPACK - COMBALANCE - 3 hoursTioPucho - 3 hoursQC:DE Deathmatch - 2 hours
26 servers hosted a real match this month (2+ real humans and a real frag) - dot size is hours of play. Watch it live on the world map.

By hour and weekday

Average players in each hour of the week, UTC. Brighter is busier; hover a cell for its number.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
quieterbusiernot sampled yet
Busiest slot: Fri 21:00 UTC, avg 4 players. Prime time: 21:00-23:00, busy 1 of 7 days.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm

Records

Top row: the best September 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
September 202610players online at once on QC: Doom Edition
Sep 25
September 20268in the fullest single match
TioPucho · QCDE40
Sep 11, 21:00 UTC
September 202613hours of real players on the busiest server
TioPucho
September 20261average players on the busiest day
Sep 2
all-time15players online at once on QC: Doom Edition
Aug 8, 12:00 UTC
all-time15in the fullest single match
tastyspleen.net::QC:DE Deathmatch · QCDE32
Aug 8, 01:00 UTC

Maps and countries

125
different maps played
11
countries reached
205▼ 55%
matches played

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch72%
Duel23%
TDM2%
Clan Arena2%
Co-op1%
Invasion0%
Where servers are hosted
🇦🇷 Argentina30%
🇺🇸 United States30%
🇦🇺 Australia8%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom6%
🇷🇺 Russia5%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 125 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
MACH016.2%
QCDL024.1%
QCDE103.2%
QCDE012.9%
QCDE022.3%
QCDE252.2%
QCDE272.2%
QCDE482.1%
QCDE392.1%
QCDE292.1%

Busiest servers this month

By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1▲6 TioPuchoQC: Doom Edition · offline 13hours 8peak -now
2▲32 QuakeHub.net Duel - DallasQC: Doom Edition 7hours 2peak 0now 3▲28 There is no spoon QC:DE DMQC: Doom Edition 5hours 2peak 0now 4▲22 HOPEAPYTTY DEATHMATCHQC: Doom Edition 4hours 6peak 0now
5▲1 [Pizza-Doom-UK] QC:DE FFAQC: Doom Edition · offline 3hours 5peak -now
6▲13 [FAP] qcde hikiQC: Doom Edition · offline 3hours 5peak -now
7▲23 QC:DE DM v3.0QC: Doom Edition · offline 3hours 2peak -now
8- tastyspleen.net::QC:DE DeathmatchQC: Doom Edition · offline 3hours 7peak -now
9▲1 [FAP] QUAKECON 2026 - FFA - NEW MAPPACK - COMBALANCEQC: Doom Edition 3hours 2peak 0now
10▲5 QC:DE FFA noobbox serverQC: Doom Edition · offline 2hours 2peak -now

Duels

The Duel ZoneBusiest duel servers, top duel maps, the best time to duel, and the tournament calendar for QC: Doom Edition.→

Play QC: Doom Edition right now

Everything above is real people on real servers - see who's on right now.
How to Play Quake Champions: Doom Edition
  1. Quake Champions: Doom Edition is a free, standalone Doom-engine remake of Quake Champions. Download the full package from qcde.net. This bundles the game files and the Q-Zandronum engine it runs on.
  2. Quake Champions: Doom Edition launches Doomseeker which is used to find and join the servers listed here.
  3. Check the IWAD column in Doomseeker. Most servers run doom2.wad from retail Doom II, and Zandronum requires your IWAD to match the server's exactly - the free package ships freedoom2.wad instead. If a server won't let you in, that mismatch is usually why, and owning Doom II opens up most of the list.

Joining a server Find the server in Doomseeker and double-click it to join - it launches the game with that server's exact files. Q-Zandronum can't load or unload pk3s while running, so to switch servers you quit and join the next one from Doomseeker. The connect button copies the address so you can find it there.

Real players only - bots filtered on every poll. Recording since August 2026.