Games like Quake II
If Quake II is your kind of game, the closest matches are Quake, DOOM + DOOM II and Blood: Refreshed Supply™ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its new campaign content, tactical positioning matters and updated graphics and performance. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Quake II is a classic action first-person shooter set in a military sci-fi universe where humanity fights the Strogg, a hostile alien race. The game features fast-paced shooting with weapon-switching mechanics and multiplayer bot support, offering a medium-length solo campaign. Reviewers highlight the remastered content includes new campaign content and updated graphics and performance. Players describe the combat as brutal and challenging, where tactical positioning matters. The game runs at $9.99 USD and is verified on Steam Deck, holding a 95% positive rating from over 5,400 Steam reviews.
About Quake II: You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Players who liked Quake II also play
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Quake
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Top pick for Quake II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake II.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Quake II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake II.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Blood: Refreshed Supply™
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Third-strongest match for Quake II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake II.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
Heretic + Hexen
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Ranked #4 for Quake II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake II.
Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Ranked #5 for Quake II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake II.
Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action.
Prodeus
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Quake II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake II.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Quake II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake II.
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Quake II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Quake II.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Quake II
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Quake
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Reviewers of Quake II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake II.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Quake III Arena
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Quake II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake II.
The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Quake II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake II.
Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...
Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Reviewers of Quake II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake II.
You are part of an elite commando force that must infiltrate a hostile alien cite. 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.
QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Reviewers of Quake II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake II.
After defeating Shub-Niggurath, you arrive back at your home base on Earth, but it's not all blue skies and butterflies. Apparently, not all QUAKE forces have been subdued. Chaos ensues as you blast your way through the QUAKE minions and toward the infested gateway. Your only choice is to find the source of evil and shut it down.
Serious Sam 3: BFE
WHY THIS
Shares weapon switching with Quake II.
Reviewers of Quake II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake II.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Wolfenstein: The New Order
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Quake II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake II.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Quake Live
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Quake II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Quake II.
Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Quake II at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Quake II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake II.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Quake II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake II.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Quake II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake II.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Quake II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake II.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Quake II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake II.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Quake II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake II.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Quake II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake II.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Quake II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Quake II.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake II.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake II.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake II.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Quake II.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from id Software
Other recommendable Steam games by id Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
DOOM Eternal
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake II. Shares Action with Quake II.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares a brutal mood with Quake II.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake II. Shares Action with Quake II.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
DOOM: The Dark Ages
WHY THIS
Shares a brutal mood with Quake II.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake II. Shares Action with Quake II.
DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake II. Shares Action with Quake II.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
RAGE 2
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake II. Shares Action with Quake II.
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake II. Shares Action with Quake II.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
RAGE
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake II. Shares Action with Quake II.
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
DOOM 3
WHY THIS
Another title from id Software, the studio behind Quake II. Shares Action with Quake II.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Quake II.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Quake II.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Heretic + Hexen
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Quake II.
Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Quake II.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Quake II.
Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action.
Frequently asked about Quake II
- Is Quake II verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Quake II is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Quake II cost?
- Quake II is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Quake II have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Quake II supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Quake II?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Quake II are Quake, DOOM + DOOM II, Blood: Refreshed Supply™.
- Who developed Quake II?
- Quake II was developed by id Software, Nightdive Studios, MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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