Stunning ray-traced lighting and reflections
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Lights actually bounce around rooms, reflections show up in surfaces and darker areas have a much stronger sense of depth.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Quake II RTX
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Lightspeed Studios™2019FPS · Shooter · Action
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A free ray-traced tech demo of Quake II with striking lighting, but it runs heavy, is often too dark and changes the art style. Skip it if you want the best way to play Quake II; the remaster is better.
Great for
Owners of powerful RTX or modern AMD GPUs who want a free ray-tracing showcase and some retro nostalgia
Main risk
Low framerate with RTX on, very dark and art-altered visuals, and only a few free levels
What players love
Free and still classic Quake II fun
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Classic. Still an amazing amount of fun after all these years”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Runs well on newer AMD and NVIDIA cards
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Tested on RX 9060 XT 16GB. Max settings + FullHD = stable 100 FPS”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Works as a source port with OpenGL fallback
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Just start the game, switch to OpenGL and play it as it was.”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Heavy performance hit with RTX on
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“40-45 FPS average maxed out in 1440p on a RTX 2080Ti / Ryzen 9 3900X / 32GB RAM DDR4.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Art style and atmosphere changed for the worse
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It's exaggerated to emphasize its presence and it ends up hurting the game's original dark atmosphere as an end result.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
No music and setup or install problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“No music without jumping through some small hoops.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Just a tech demo with only a few levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It's really just a tech demo, apparently it only has a few levels in it.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Nightdive remaster is better
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Get the OG Quake II instead now that it's been remastered. Runs better, has music, everything.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Too dark, hidden buttons and unplayable areas
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“a lot of areas are too dark, you literally can't see jack. Buttons that need to be pressed to progress were hidden in darkness”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i3-3220 or AMD Equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, or higher
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i3-3220 or AMD Equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, or higher
Storage2 GB available space
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