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October 2026 · so far

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. This month is still being written.

MonthQuarterYear
October 2026September 2026August 2026
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–QuakeWorld–Quake II–CPMA–Bloodrun–NetQuake–Quake 4–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Champions–
Quake II
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–QuakeWorld–Quake II–CPMA–Bloodrun–NetQuake–Quake 4–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Champions–
1,039,584
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
15,902
hours of Quake II played
28▲ 3%
players online on average
84▲ 17%
peak players at once
145
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
65
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
10203040 avg 28 33peak · Oct 3 today, so far Oct 18152224 10203040 avg 28 33peak · Oct 3 today, so far Oct 18152224

Servers on the map

tastyspleen.net::dm - 2,723 hoursPlayGround.ru - Deathmatch - 1,976 hoursAQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked Pickup - 1,178 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3 - 968 hoursToRc}{ q2jump (global) - 529 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Poland - 430 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany - 428 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ RA2 - 394 hoursD-Day Chile Duelos I - 360 hoursWhale's Eye WODX - RELEASE THE FILES! - 335 hoursD-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladder - 326 hoursPhoenix - Best of DM & mutant w/hazards - 322 hours
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
26
Tue
26
Wed
27
Thu
29
Fri
31
Sat
30
Sun

Records

Top row: the best October 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
October 202684players online at once on Quake II
Oct 23
October 202642in the fullest single match
NEVER FORGET MOCOCO! Mococo Loves, Mococo Saves · q2dm1
Oct 23, 21:00 UTC
October 20262,723hours of real players on the busiest server
tastyspleen.net::dm
October 202633average players on the busiest day
Oct 3
all-time84players online at once on Quake II
Oct 23, 12:00 UTC
all-time42in the fullest single match
NEVER FORGET MOCOCO! Mococo Loves, Mococo Saves · q2dm1
Oct 23, 21:00 UTC

Maps and countries

400
different maps played
29
countries reached
10,954
matches played

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch58%
TDM16%
Action13%
Duel7%
Arena6%
CTF0%
Co-op0%
RailWarz0%
Where servers are hosted
🇺🇸 United States38%
🇩🇪 Germany15%
🇷🇺 Russia14%
🇸🇪 Sweden10%
🇨🇱 Chile10%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 400 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
q2dm123.2%
login_v53.6%
q2dm33.6%
q2dm83.3%
q2dm23.2%
q2dm53.1%
q2rdm23.1%
q2dm63.1%
q2duel53%
q2dm71.9%

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 2,723hours 16peak 7now 2- PlayGround.ru - DeathmatchQuake II 1,976hours 16peak 1now 3- AQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked PickupQuake II 1,178hours 16peak 0now 4- PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3Quake II 968hours 14peak 8now 5▲3 ToRc}{ q2jump (global)Quake II 529hours 9peak 5now 6- Quaketown Open World - www.quaketown.net [v2.024]Quake II 471hours 8peak 0now 7▲21 PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ PolandQuake II 430hours 13peak 2now 8▲4 PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ GermanyQuake II 428hours 15peak 2now 9▼4 PacketFlinger.com ~ RA2Quake II 394hours 18peak 0now 10▼3 D-Day Chile Duelos IQuake II 360hours 15peak 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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).

Quake II Starter (free all-in-one) ↗Quake II remaster on Steam ↗

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