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STATE OF QUAKE
September 2026
The State of Quake II
Every number here comes from QuakeHub polling every public Quake II server on Earth every 90 seconds, real players only, bots filtered out, since August 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–
Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–NetQuake–Quake 4–Bloodrun–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake Champions–Quake II
1,189,850▲ 56%
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls18,352▲ 7%
hours of Quake II played27.3▲ 4%
players online on average72▼ 8%
peak players at once145
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag38
bots detectedon a typical pollPlayers by day
Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
Servers on the map
145 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: Sun 19:00 UTC, avg 57 players. Prime time: 16:00-23:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
27
Mon
21
Tue
28
Wed
26
Thu
28
Fri
28
Sat
29
Sun
Records
Top row: the best September 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
September 202672players online at once on Quake II
Sep 15
Sep 15
September 202618in the fullest single match
D-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladder · inferno
Sep 14, 00:00 UTC
D-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladder · inferno
Sep 14, 00:00 UTC
September 20263,439hours of real players on the busiest server
tastyspleen.net::dm
tastyspleen.net::dm
September 202639average players on the busiest day
Sep 2
Sep 2
all-time78players online at once on Quake II
Aug 16, 12:00 UTC
Aug 16, 12:00 UTC
all-time35in the fullest single match
tastyspleen.net::ts500 · campcity
Aug 6, 22:00 UTC
tastyspleen.net::ts500 · campcity
Aug 6, 22:00 UTC
Maps and countries
400
different maps played29
countries reached13,061▼ 6%
matches playedModes and hosting
Modes
Where servers are hosted
Top maps
Share of play-time across 400 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
Busiest servers this month
By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1-
tastyspleen.net::dmQuake II
3,439hours
16peak
5now
2-
PlayGround.ru - DeathmatchQuake II
1,744hours
18peak
5now
3-
AQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked PickupQuake II
1,643hours
17peak
0now
4▲1
PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3Quake II
1,441hours
16peak
5now
5▲2
PacketFlinger.com ~ RA2Quake II
881hours
17peak
0now
6▼2
Quaketown Open World - www.quaketown.net [v2.024]Quake II
810hours
10peak
5now
7▲4
D-Day Chile Duelos IQuake II
553hours
14peak
0now
8▲10
ToRc}{ q2jump (global)Quake II
543hours
7peak
0now
9▼1
Whale's Eye WODX - RELEASE THE FILES!Quake II
478hours
8peak
0now
10▼1
D-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladderQuake II
373hours
18peak
0now
Duels
The Duel ZoneBusiest duel servers, top duel maps, the best time to duel, and the tournament calendar for Quake II.→Twitch
TwitchPeak streams and viewers, the top streamers, and who streamed the most days for Quake II.→Play Quake II right now
Everything above is real people on real servers - see who's on right now.
How to Play Quake II- Quake II Starter is a free all-in-one download that bundles the Q2PRO client, the full game data, and a built-in server browser.
- Own the 2023 Quake II remaster on Steam? It has its own online browser that is a separate set of servers from the classic ones listed here.
Joining a server Open the console and type connect ip:port (the connect button copies it for you).
Want this data raw? View September 2026 as JSON · API docs
Real players only - bots filtered on every poll. Recording since August 2026.