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STATE OF QUAKE
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.
All Games–
Quake Live–
Quake III Arena–
Quake II–
QuakeWorld–NetQuake–Quake (Enhanced)–
CPMA–
Quake 4–
Quake Wars–
Bloodrun–
QC: Doom Edition–
Quake Champions–
Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–NetQuake–Quake (Enhanced)–CPMA–Quake 4–Quake Wars–Bloodrun–QC: Doom Edition–Quake Champions–Quake II
1,578,607
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls30,110
hours of Quake II played26.8
players online on average78
peak players at once182
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag30
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
182 servers hosted a real match this year (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 56 players. Prime time: 16:00-23:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
25
Mon
22
Tue
28
Wed
26
Thu
27
Fri
27
Sat
29
Sun
Records
Top row: the best 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
202678players online at once on Quake II
Aug 16
Aug 16
202635in the fullest single match
tastyspleen.net::ts500 · campcity
Aug 6, 22:00 UTC
tastyspleen.net::ts500 · campcity
Aug 6, 22:00 UTC
20265,696hours of real players on the busiest server
tastyspleen.net::dm
tastyspleen.net::dm
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
653
different maps played29
countries reachedModes and hosting
Modes
Where servers are hosted
Top maps
Share of play-time across 653 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
Busiest servers this year
By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1
tastyspleen.net::dmQuake II
5,696hours
16peak
3now
2
PlayGround.ru - DeathmatchQuake II
3,036hours
18peak
6now
3
AQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked PickupQuake II
2,480hours
18peak
0now
4
PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3Quake II
1,551hours
16peak
1now
5
Quaketown Open World - www.quaketown.net [v2.024]Quake II
1,436hours
10peak
0now
6
PacketFlinger.com ~ RA2Quake II
1,192hours
17peak
0now
7
Whale's Eye WODX - RELEASE THE FILES!Quake II
863hours
9peak
0now
8
PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ GermanyQuake II
824hours
14peak
0now
9
D-Day Chile Duelos IQuake II
718hours
14peak
0now
10
D-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladderQuake II
689hours
18peak
0now
Duels
The Duel ZoneBusiest duel servers, top duel maps, the best time to duel, and the tournament calendar for Quake II.→Twitch
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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).
Real players only - bots filtered on every poll. Recording since August 2026.