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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
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–NetQuake–Bloodrun–Quake 4–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake Champions–
Quake II
3,536,021
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
59,889
hours of Quake II played
27.3
players online on average
100
peak players at once
248
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 27 39peak · Sep 2 today, so far Aug 18152229181522291815222916 10203040 avg 27 39peak · Sep 2 today, so far Aug 18152229181522291815222916

Servers on the map

tastyspleen.net::dm - 10,707 hoursPlayGround.ru - Deathmatch - 6,905 hoursAQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked Pickup - 4,748 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3 - 3,427 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ RA2 - 1,994 hoursWhale's Eye WODX - RELEASE THE FILES! - 1,538 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany - 1,527 hoursToRc}{ q2jump (global) - 1,416 hoursD-Day Chile Duelos I - 1,400 hoursQuake2 OpenTDM #1 China - 1,282 hoursD-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladder - 1,242 hoursPacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Poland - 871 hours
248 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: Sun 19:00 UTC, avg 56 players. Prime time: 16:00-23:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
26
Mon
25
Tue
27
Wed
26
Thu
28
Fri
29
Sat
29
Sun

Records

Top row: the best 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
2026100players online at once on Quake II
Oct 27
202650in the fullest single match
Woe unto those who turned their backs on Mococo. · q2mococo1
Oct 27, 02:00 UTC
202610,707hours of real players on the busiest server
tastyspleen.net::dm
202639average players on the busiest day
Sep 2
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

1,103
different maps played
34
countries reached

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch58%
TDM16%
Action14%
Arena6%
Duel5%
CTF0%
Co-op0%
RailWarz0%
Where servers are hosted
🇺🇸 United States40%
🇩🇪 Germany16%
🇷🇺 Russia13%
🇸🇪 Sweden10%
🇨🇱 Chile9%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 1,103 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
q2dm122.7%
q2dm33.7%
q2dm23.4%
q2dm83.4%
q2dm53.2%
q2dm63.1%
q2dm72.1%

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 10,707hours 16peak 9now 2 PlayGround.ru - DeathmatchQuake II 6,905hours 18peak 7now 3 AQ2World (Sweden #2) Ranked PickupQuake II 4,748hours 18peak 0now 4 PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ Germany #3Quake II 3,427hours 16peak 2now 5 Quaketown Open World - www.quaketown.net [v2.024]Quake II 2,198hours 10peak 0now 6 PacketFlinger.com ~ RA2Quake II 1,994hours 18peak 0now 7 Whale's Eye WODX - RELEASE THE FILES!Quake II 1,538hours 9peak 0now 8 PacketFlinger.com ~ OpenTDM ~ GermanyQuake II 1,527hours 15peak 2now 9 ToRc}{ q2jump (global)Quake II 1,416hours 9peak 0now 10 D-Day Chile Duelos IQuake II 1,400hours 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).

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