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STATE OF QUAKE
August 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–NetQuake–Quake (Enhanced)–
CPMA–
Quake 4–
Quake Wars–
QC: Doom Edition–
Bloodrun–
Quake Champions–
Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–NetQuake–Quake (Enhanced)–CPMA–Quake 4–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Bloodrun–Quake Champions–Quake II
764,457
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls17,215
hours of Quake II played26.3
players online on average78
peak players at once145
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag28
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: Fri 20:00 UTC, avg 62 players. Prime time: 16:00-23:00, busy every day. 152 of 168 hour-slots sampled so far - filling in as the week repeats.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
24
Mon
25
Tue
27
Wed
26
Thu
27
Fri
26
Sat
28
Sun
Records
Top row: the best August 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
August 202678players online at once on Quake II
Aug 16
Aug 16
August 202635in the fullest single match
tastyspleen.net::ts500 · campcity
Aug 6, 22:00 UTC
tastyspleen.net::ts500 · campcity
Aug 6, 22:00 UTC
August 20263,227hours of real players on the busiest server
tastyspleen.net::dm
tastyspleen.net::dm
August 202633average players on the busiest day
Aug 26
Aug 26
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 reachedModes 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
3,227hours
16peak
4now
2
PlayGround.ru - DeathmatchQuake II
1,979hours
16peak
7now
3
AQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked PickupQuake II
1,362hours
18peak
0now
4
Quaketown Open World - www.quaketown.net [v2.024]Quake II
756hours
9peak
0now
5
PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3Quake II
573hours
13peak
4now
6
PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ GermanyQuake II
553hours
13peak
0now
7
PacketFlinger.com ~ RA2Quake II
528hours
16peak
0now
8
Whale's Eye WODX - RELEASE THE FILES!Quake II
522hours
9peak
0now
9
D-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladderQuake II
423hours
16peak
0now
10
Quake2 OpenTDM #1 ChinaQuake II
395hours
11peak
6now
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 August 2026 as JSON · API docs
Real players only - bots filtered on every poll. Recording since August 2026.