Counter-Strike 2

Q: Is Counter-Strike 2 free to play?

Yes, Counter-Strike 2 is free to play on Steam.

Q: What genre is Counter-Strike 2?

Counter-Strike 2 is a Action, Free To Play game.

Q: Who developed Counter-Strike 2?

Counter-Strike 2 was developed by Valve and published by Valve.

Q: What platforms does Counter-Strike 2 support?

Available on Steam for Windows, Linux.

Valve · Valve · Aug 21, 2012

FPS Shooter Multiplayer Competitive Action Team-Based

Delayed observation Observed Sep 27, 2026 02:08 UTC

564,183

Last tracked

1,411,806

All-time peak

n/a

Δ 24h

Player count last observed Sep 27, 2026 02:08 UTC

Live player data is temporarily unavailable; historical values remain visible for context.

Counter-Strike 2 - Steam Charts & Historical Stats

For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. Explore historical player activity and pricing for Counter-Strike 2. Player-count data was last observed Sep 27, 2026.

Genre

Action

Developer

Valve

Counter-Strike 2 player count and price summary

Current players: Unavailable
All-time peak: 1,411,806
24-hour player change: Unavailable
Current US price: Price unavailable

Player count last observed Sep 27, 2026 02:08 UTC. Values marked unavailable are not estimated.

Media gallery 19 screenshots · 4 videos

Screenshots

And 11 more screenshots...

Videos

Launch Trailer

Moving Beyond Tick Rate

Leveling Up

Responsive Smokes

Last Tracked Players

564.2K

change unavailable (24h)

All-Time Peak

1.4M

Jul 2026

Estimated Owners

100,000,000 .. 200,000,000

Estimate via SteamSpy

Game Insights

Update Momentum

Actively Updated — 4 patches in last 30 days.

40 patches and 41 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.

▲ 4 patches this month

Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 89%

Player count

Activity Heatmap

UTC+0 (Your Timezone)

1.3M

Peak Activity

800.3K

Avg Activity

137

Active Hours

82%

Sample coverage

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Sun 📍

Sunday 0:00
634.2K players · 1 samples

Sunday 1:00
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Sunday 2:00
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Sunday 3:00
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Sunday 4:00
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Sunday 5:00
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Sunday 6:00
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Sunday 7:00
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Sunday 8:00
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Sunday 9:00
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Sunday 10:00
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Sunday 11:00
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Sunday 12:00
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Sunday 13:00
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Sunday 14:00
1.3M players · 1 samples

Sunday 15:00
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Sunday 16:00
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Sunday 17:00
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Sunday 18:00
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Sunday 19:00
1.1M players · 3 samples

Sunday 20:00
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Sunday 21:00
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Sunday 22:00
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Sunday 23:00
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Mon

Monday 0:00
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Monday 1:00
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Monday 2:00
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Monday 3:00
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Monday 4:00
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Monday 5:00
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Monday 8:00
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Monday 9:00
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Monday 10:00
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Monday 11:00
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Monday 12:00
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Monday 13:00
1.1M players · 2 samples

Monday 14:00
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Monday 15:00
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Monday 16:00
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Monday 17:00
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Monday 18:00
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Monday 19:00
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Monday 20:00
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Monday 21:00
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Monday 22:00
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Monday 23:00
577.8K players · 2 samples

Tue

Tuesday 0:00
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Tuesday 1:00
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Tuesday 2:00
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Tuesday 3:00
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Tuesday 4:00
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Tuesday 5:00
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Tuesday 6:00
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Tuesday 7:00
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Tuesday 8:00
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Tuesday 9:00
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Tuesday 10:00
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Tuesday 11:00
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Tuesday 12:00
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Tuesday 13:00
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Tuesday 14:00
1.2M players · 2 samples

Tuesday 15:00
1.1M players · 1 samples

Tuesday 16:00
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Tuesday 17:00
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Tuesday 18:00
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Tuesday 19:00
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Tuesday 20:00
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Tuesday 21:00
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Tuesday 22:00
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Tuesday 23:00
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Wed

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Wednesday 1:00
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Wednesday 2:00
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Wednesday 4:00
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Wednesday 5:00
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Wednesday 6:00
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Wednesday 7:00
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Wednesday 8:00
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Wednesday 9:00
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Wednesday 10:00
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Wednesday 11:00
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Wednesday 12:00
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Wednesday 13:00
1.2M players · 1 samples

Wednesday 14:00
1.3M players · 1 samples

Wednesday 15:00
1.2M players · 2 samples

Wednesday 16:00
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Wednesday 17:00
1.1M players · 2 samples

Wednesday 18:00
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Wednesday 19:00
986.4K players · 2 samples

Wednesday 20:00
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Wednesday 21:00
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Wednesday 22:00
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Wednesday 23:00
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Thu

Thursday 0:00
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Thursday 1:00
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Thursday 2:00
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Thursday 3:00
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Thursday 4:00
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Thursday 5:00
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Thursday 6:00
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Thursday 7:00
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Thursday 8:00
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Thursday 9:00
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Thursday 10:00
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Thursday 11:00
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Thursday 12:00
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Thursday 13:00
1.2M players · 1 samples

Thursday 14:00
1.3M players · 1 samples

Thursday 15:00
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Thursday 16:00
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Thursday 17:00
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Thursday 18:00
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Thursday 19:00
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Thursday 20:00
875K players · 1 samples

Thursday 21:00
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Thursday 22:00
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Thursday 23:00
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Fri

Friday 0:00
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Friday 1:00
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Friday 2:00
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Friday 3:00
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Friday 6:00
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Friday 8:00
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Friday 9:00
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Friday 10:00
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Friday 11:00
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Friday 12:00
1M players · 2 samples

Friday 13:00
1.2M players · 2 samples

Friday 14:00
1.2M players · 4 samples

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Friday 16:00
1.1M players · 2 samples

Friday 17:00
558.5K players · 2 samples

Friday 18:00
1.1M players · 1 samples

Friday 19:00
1.1M players · 1 samples

Friday 20:00
1M players · 2 samples

Friday 21:00
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Friday 22:00
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Friday 23:00
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Sat

Saturday 0:00
589.5K players · 2 samples

Saturday 1:00
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Saturday 2:00
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Saturday 3:00
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Saturday 4:00
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Saturday 5:00
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Saturday 6:00
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Saturday 7:00
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Saturday 8:00
819.5K players · 3 samples

Saturday 9:00
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Saturday 10:00
863.9K players · 2 samples

Saturday 11:00
1.1M players · 1 samples

Saturday 12:00
1M players · 1 samples

Saturday 13:00
1.2M players · 1 samples

Saturday 14:00
1.3M players · 1 samples

Saturday 15:00
1.2M players · 3 samples

Saturday 16:00
1.1M players · 4 samples

Saturday 17:00
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Saturday 18:00
1.1M players · 2 samples

Saturday 19:00
1.1M players · 1 samples

Saturday 20:00
1.1M players · 1 samples

Saturday 21:00
946.5K players · 2 samples

Saturday 22:00
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Saturday 23:00
669.6K players · 1 samples

Latest News

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Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

Sources fresh

Native Steam builds

Windows: supported

macOS: not-listed

Linux: supported

Steam Deck

playable

Valve compatibility test

Input

Controller support: unknown

Steam feature declarations

multiplayer cross platform multiplayer remote play phone remote play tablet remote play tv

Developer-declared accessibility on Steam

Features not declared by the developer are not labeled unsupported.

adjustable text size color alternatives camera comfort custom volume controls stereo sound surround sound playable without timed input

Structured language support (29)

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	No
Czech	Yes	No	No
Danish	Yes	No	No
Dutch	Yes	No	No
Finnish	Yes	No	No
French	Yes	No	No
German	Yes	No	No
Hungarian	Yes	No	No
Italian	Yes	No	No
Japanese	Yes	No	No
Korean	Yes	No	No
Norwegian	Yes	No	No
Polish	Yes	No	No
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes	No	No
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	No	No
Romanian	Yes	No	No
Russian	Yes	No	No
Simplified Chinese	Yes	No	No
Spanish - Spain	Yes	No	No
Swedish	Yes	No	No
Thai	Yes	No	No
Traditional Chinese	Yes	No	No
Turkish	Yes	No	No
Bulgarian	Yes	No	No
Ukrainian	Yes	No	No
Greek	Yes	No	No
Spanish - Latin America	Yes	No	No
Vietnamese	Yes	No	No
Indonesian	Yes	No	No

Steam Store app details fresh · checked 2026-09-18 Steam store page fresh · checked 2026-08-28 PCGamingWiki technical notes External link only; SteamIQHQ does not ingest PCGamingWiki content.

System Requirements

Platform Support

Windows Linux

Windows Requirements

Minimum:

Minimum:

OS: Windows® 10
Processor: 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Video card must be 1 GB or more and should be a DirectX 11-compatible with support for Shader Model 5.0
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 85 GB available space

Linux Requirements

Minimum:

Minimum:

OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Processor: 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD GCN+ or NVIDIA Kepler+ with up-to-date Vulkan drivers. Support for VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library highly recommended.
Storage: 85 GB available space
Sound Card: Highly recommended

Pricing

Free to Play

Additional Information

Achievement Difficulty

Global unlock percentages are not exact completion or retention metrics.

Steam source

Achievements measured

Hunter score

41.9 / 100

SteamIQHQ inference from rarity and count

Progression analysis

Achievement rarity is available, but milestone order is not defensible.

Rarest achievements

PLAY_CS2 40.6%

Difficulty distribution

Ultra rare (<1%)0

Very rare (1–5%)0

Rare (5–20%)0

Uncommon (20–50%)1

Common (50%+)0

Observed Sep 26, 2026 14:25 UTC · fresh

Additional Information

🏆 Achievements

total achievements

Featured:

A New Beginning

👍 Recommendations

5.3M

positive reviews

🇩🇪 USK Rating

German rating

🇧🇷 DEJUS Rating

Brazilian rating

🇩🇪 Steam Germany

German classification

📦 DLC Available

downloadable content

🆘 Support

⚠️ Content Warning

Includes intense violence and blood.

🎁 Purchase Options

package options

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About This Game

For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

Detailed Description

For over two decades, Counter Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter Strike 2.

A free upgrade to CS:GO, Counter Strike 2 marks the largest technical leap in Counter Strike’s history. Built on the Source 2 engine, Counter Strike 2 is modernized with realistic physically-based rendering, state of the art networking, and upgraded Community Workshop tools.

In addition to the classic objective-focused gameplay that Counter Strike pioneered in 1999, Counter Strike 2 features: