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Q4 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
Q4 2026Q3 2026
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–Bloodrun–NetQuake–Quake 4–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Champions–
Quake II
1,581,714
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
24,322
hours of Quake II played
28
players online on average
100
peak players at once
170
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
112
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 36peak · Nov 1 today, so far Oct 1815222916 10203040 avg 28 36peak · Nov 1 today, so far Oct 1815222916

Servers on the map

tastyspleen.net::dm - 4,041 hoursPlayGround.ru - Deathmatch - 3,182 hoursAQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked Pickup - 1,744 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3 - 1,412 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Poland - 676 hoursToRc}{ q2jump (global) - 641 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany - 628 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ RA2 - 585 hoursWhale's Eye WODX - RELEASE THE FILES! - 537 hoursD-Day Chile Duelos I - 531 hoursQuake2 OpenTDM #1 China - 514 hoursD-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladder - 446 hours
170 servers hosted a real match this quarter (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: Sat 19:00 UTC, avg 58 players. Prime time: 16:00-23:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
27
Mon
27
Tue
26
Wed
26
Thu
28
Fri
31
Sat
31
Sun

Records

Top row: the best Q4 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
Q4 2026100players online at once on Quake II
Oct 27
Q4 202650in the fullest single match
Woe unto those who turned their backs on Mococo. · q2mococo1
Oct 27, 02:00 UTC
Q4 20264,041hours of real players on the busiest server
tastyspleen.net::dm
Q4 202636average players on the busiest day
Nov 1
all-time100players online at once on Quake II
Oct 27, 12:00 UTC
all-time50in the fullest single match
Woe unto those who turned their backs on Mococo. · q2mococo1
Oct 27, 02:00 UTC

Maps and countries

672
different maps played
33
countries reached
16,685
matches played

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch58%
TDM16%
Action13%
Duel7%
Arena7%
CTF0%
Co-op0%
RailWarz0%
Where servers are hosted
🇺🇸 United States37%
🇷🇺 Russia15%
🇩🇪 Germany14%
🇨🇱 Chile10%
🇸🇪 Sweden9%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 672 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.

Busiest servers this quarter

By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1 tastyspleen.net::dmQuake II 4,041hours 16peak 9now 2 PlayGround.ru - DeathmatchQuake II 3,182hours 16peak 7now 3 AQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked PickupQuake II 1,744hours 16peak 0now 4 PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3Quake II 1,412hours 14peak 2now 5 PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ PolandQuake II 676hours 13peak 0now 6 ToRc}{ q2jump (global)Quake II 641hours 9peak 0now 7 Quaketown Open World - www.quaketown.net [v2.024]Quake II 633hours 8peak 0now 8 PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ GermanyQuake II 628hours 15peak 2now 9 PacketFlinger.com ~ RA2Quake II 585hours 18peak 0now 10 Whale's Eye WODX - RELEASE THE FILES!Quake II 537hours 9peak 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).

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