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Quake II RTX
Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic, by NVIDIA’s Lightspeed Studios. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination are a result of the path-traced simulation of light.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“It was a cool demo. I bought Quake II and loaded the files into this game and played the whole game in this engine.”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Obviously this is mostly just tech demo for path-tracing etc. advanced lighting, but to be honest, it's not that remarkable for me. Looks neat, I guess, but I think there are better demonstrations for this technology. This would not make me buy new GPU. There should be neutral…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“ouaagghhhh oooooooo oaawwwghhhhh ooouaaaaaaaaaagaghhhhhhhh oooooooooo ooaaaaaaaaaaaaa shinyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy shiny and colorful aaaawywgugugghghghjgjkhgv uytc iyutrx 68i54ec o7uwtf bp8iq3wv yt”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:51 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
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Quake II RTX v1.8.0 Update
Maintenance update that includes the fixes and features introduced in the past two years. Highlights: - Added screen warping when underwater - Added an option to shoot at the crosshair (aimfix) - Adde
Quake II RTX v1.7.0 Update
Maintenance update that includes the fixes and features introduced in the past year. Highlights: - Added a player flashlight (use "bind toggle cl_flashlight" to bind it to a key) - Fixed multiple comp
Quake II RTX 1.6.0 Patch
Hey, everyone! Today we're releasing v1.6.0, featuring the below fixed issues and improvements. Breaking Changes: Re-designed the material definition system for flexibility and modding. Removed suppor
Quake II RTX 1.5 PATCH
Hey, everyone! Today we're releasing v1.5, featuring the below features, fixed issues, and improvements. New Features: Added support for ray tracing using the `VK_KHR_ray_query` extension API. NOTE: T
Quake II RTX 1.4.1 PATCH
Hey, everyone! Today we're releasing v1.4.1, featuring the below fixed issues and improvements. Fixed issues: Fixed a crash on launch when there is no "newgame" command, for example, when someone over
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Action · FPS · Violent · Multiplayer · Gore · First-Person · Singleplayer · Shooter · Classic · Sci-fi · Remake (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.GeForce.com/QuakeIIRTX |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel i3-3220 or AMD Equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, or higher Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Vulkan