Quake II RTX
Free first-person shooter with three classic levels and ray-traced lighting
Lightspeed Studios™ · Published by NVIDIA · Released Jun 6, 2019
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 4,787
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 14 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 5
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Mar 26, 2025
What is Quake II RTX?
This free, ray-traced first-person shooter includes three levels from Quake II's original shareware release. After your force is nearly wiped out on an alien world, you fight through fortified installations to lower a city's defenses and stop its war machine. The remaining levels and multiplayer require purchasing Quake II.
For you if...
- +you enjoy testing ray-traced lighting in classic shooters
- +you want a free sample of an older shooter
Not for you if...
- −you want the full campaign without another purchase
- −you prefer shooters without violent, gory combat
What players say
87% of 4,787 reviews are positive · 92% of 14 in the last 30 days
Players praise the new lighting and reflections. Common complaints are poor performance with ray tracing and changes to the original art style.
Screenshots and trailer
Quake II RTX system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel i3-3220 or AMD Equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, or higher
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- Notes
- Vulkan
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Tags
- Free to Play
- Action
- FPS
- Violent
- Gore
- Multiplayer
- First-Person
- Singleplayer
- Shooter
- Classic
- Sci-fi
- Remake
- Boomer Shooter
- Retro
Recent updates
- Mar 26, 2025 · Quake II RTX v1.8.0 Update
- Apr 18, 2023 · Quake II RTX v1.7.0 Update
- Jan 21, 2022 · Quake II RTX 1.6.0 Patch
- Mar 30, 2021 · Quake II RTX 1.5 PATCH
- Jan 28, 2021 · Quake II RTX 1.4.1 PATCH
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