Quake 2

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Developed by id Software in 1997, Quake II is a critically acclaimed first-person shooter that introduces an entirely new science fiction narrative and setting. Now, experience the authentic, enhanced and complete version of the original.

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Developer:
id Software
Publisher:
Bethesda Softworks
Engine:
KEX
Release date:
03 August 2007
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Description

Developed by id Software in 1997, Quake II is a critically acclaimed first-person shooter that introduces an entirely new science fiction narrative and setting. Now, experience the authentic, enhanced and complete version of the original.

Features


Experience the Military Sci-fi FPS, Enhanced

Get the Original Mission Packs: The Reckoning and Ground Zero

Play the All-New Expansion “Call of the Machine”

Get Quake II 64 for Free

Enjoy Online & Local Multiplayer/CO-OP

Play Together with Crossplay

Get the Original & Enhanced Versions

Experience the Original Game, Enhanced


Enjoy the original, authentic version of Quake II, now with up to 4K* and widescreen resolution support, enhanced models, improved enemy animations and gore, improved and restored AI behaviors, enhanced cinematics, dynamic and colored lighting, anti-aliasing, depth of field, the original, heavy rock soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem, and more.

Play the Intense Military Sci-fi Campaign


Mankind is at war with the Strogg, a hostile alien race that attacked Earth. In response, humanity launched a strike on the Strogg homeworld...it failed, but you survived. Outnumbered and outgunned, fight your way through fortified military installations and shut down the enemy's war machine. Only then will the fate of humanity be known.

Get Both of the Original Mission Packs


Quake II includes both original mission packs: “The Reckoning,” featuring 18 campaign levels and 7 deathmatch maps, and “Ground Zero,” featuring 15 campaign levels and 14 deathmatch maps.

Mission Pack: The Reckoning


In the first official expansion pack for Quake II, you are part of an elite commando force that must infiltrate a Strogg site. Once inside, you must scour industrial landscapes, crawl through waterways and air ducts, navigate treacherous canyons teeming with vicious mutants, stow away on an alien spacecraft, and destroy the enemy's secret moon base.

Mission Pack: Ground Zero


In the second official expansion pack for Quake II, you, and a few marines are the lucky ones. You've made it to the surface of Stroggos in one piece and are still able to contact the fleet. The Gravity Well, the Strogg's newest weapon in its arsenal against mankind, is operational. With the fleet trapped around Stroggos, only 5% of ground forces surviving, and that number dwindling by the second, your orders have changed: free your comrades and destroy the Gravity Well.

Play the All-New “Call of the Machine” Expansion


A brand-new Quake II experience from MachineGames consisting of 28 campaign levels and one multiplayer deathmatch map. In the depths of Strogg space lies the Machine, a singularity capable of collapsing the fabric of reality. Fight across time and space to find the Strogg-Maker, destroy it, and change the destiny of man and machine.

Get Quake II 64 for Free


Enjoy all 19 campaign levels, 10 multiplayer deathmatch maps, and an additional, original soundtrack in this release of the original Quake II version for Nintendo 64.

Enjoy Online & Local Multiplayer and CO-OP


Fight the hostile Strogg through the gritty, military sci-fi campaign and expansions in 4-player online or local split-screen co-op, and compete in pure, retro-style combat with support for 16-player (online),*4-player (local split-screen), or *8-player (local split-screen) matches. Bot support for offline and online DM and TDM modes included.

Play Together with Crossplay


Play the campaign and all expansion packs cooperatively or go toe-to-toe in multiplayer matches with your friends regardless of platform! Crossplay is supported among PC (controller-enabled), Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch.

Get the “Original” and “Enhanced” Versions


Play whichever version of Quake II you prefer. Ownership of Quake II gives you access to Quake II (Original), the fully-moddable, untouched version of the game that has been available for years, and Quake II (Enhanced), the recently released version of the game with improved visuals, all-new campaign content, enhanced multiplayer support, crossplay, controller support, and more.

*Maximum display resolutions vary by platform.

*Supports 4-player local split-screen multiplayer.

*Supports 8-player local split-screen multiplayer on PC.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Win 10 64-bit version
Requirement 2:
Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.4GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @ 3.5GHz
Requirement 3:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 TI (2GB) or AMD HD 7750 (1GB)
Requirement 4:
8GB System RAM
Requirement 5:
Minimum 2GB free space on hard drive
Requirement 6:
High speed broadband connection required for online play

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Win 10 64-bit version
Requirement 2:
Intel Core i5-6600k @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz
Requirement 3:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) or AMD RX Vega 56 (8GB)
Requirement 4:
8GB System RAM
Requirement 5:
Minimum 2GB free space on hard drive
Requirement 6:
High speed broadband connection required for online play

User reviews

poisonsnak
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
4.2h played

Not much I can say 30 years later that hasn't been said. Amazing game with great graphics and an interesting story. Great soundtrack. I love the way you return to previous maps and have equipment inventory (similar to

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Meowtini ⼺♡
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
6.5h played

the weapons are satisfying to use, there are so many hidden secrets around the maps, and i actually really liked the art style (⁠⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)❤︎. also, the grappling hook saved me from falling into lava. that thing was lit

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Tadeash
Recommended | 11 Jul 2026
19.1h played

DOOM and the first Quake are undoubtedly loveable and genre defining pieces of digital art. But fighting hellish demons with a shotgun and a rocket launcher is a bit silly, is it not? Quake II dropped the fantasy

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Joe Kaze
Recommended | 11 Jul 2026
16.1h played

Back in the day, Quake 2 was the reason I bought a Voodoo 2. I remember saving up allowance, eventually being able to buy the thing, then installing it into my computer. When all was said and done, I fired up the game

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ClickSlick
Recommended | 08 Jul 2026
15.0h played

For me personally Quake II has always teetered on a fine line between fun and mid. It becomes very repetitive but as long as you keep moving and shooting it's absorbing and worth the price of admission. This remaster is

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Keeple
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
12.9h played

This was my first quake game and I have been playing it for the past 1.5 years , I have this game in my PlayStation and Nintendo switch because I genuinely can’t put it down, every modded console I have has a homebrew

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