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Counter-Strike 2

Free-to-play tactical FPS built around competitive team matches

Valve · Released Aug 21, 2012

ActionFree To Play

Reviews
Very Positive
86% of 10.7M
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
79% of 70K in 30 days
Players
533K
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 days ago
Nov 5, 2026
Minimum PC
DirectX 11 GPU, 1 GB
8 GB RAM · 85 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Counter-Strike 2?

A free-to-play, first-person tactical shooter where teams compete in objective-focused online matches. Premier mode tracks player ratings on global and regional leaderboards, while smoke grenades dynamically affect sightlines.

For you if...

  • +you want competitive, team-based online shooter matches
  • +you enjoy tactical objectives and first-person gunplay
  • +you prefer ranked play with ratings and leaderboards

Not for you if...

  • −you want a single-player or story-driven shooter
  • −you prefer relaxed play over competitive team coordination

What players say

86% of 10,743,091 reviews are positive · 79% of 70,005 in the last 30 days

Players who remain positive call the core gameplay fun. The dominant complaint is widespread cheating in ranked matchmaking and an anti-cheat system players consider ineffective; some also report bugs and inconsistent hit registration.

Players over time

▼ -8% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 1,013,094 players on Sep 21, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 2026533,387
Nov 6, 2026451,904
Nov 5, 2026426,370
Nov 4, 2026433,501
Nov 3, 2026411,602
Nov 2, 2026464,894
Nov 1, 2026508,506
Oct 31, 2026528,544
Oct 30, 2026442,364
Oct 29, 2026464,330
Oct 28, 2026451,930
Oct 27, 2026482,148
Oct 27, 2026442,633
Oct 26, 2026471,720
Oct 25, 2026541,572
Oct 24, 2026521,044
Oct 23, 2026447,090
Oct 22, 20260
Oct 21, 2026394,835
Oct 20, 2026458,967
Oct 19, 2026457,549
Oct 18, 2026545,613
Oct 17, 2026485,122
Oct 16, 2026467,319
Oct 15, 2026424,464
Oct 14, 2026421,403
Oct 13, 2026449,912
Oct 12, 2026490,731
Oct 11, 2026553,873
Oct 10, 2026503,030
Oct 9, 2026482,412
Oct 8, 2026508,268
Oct 7, 2026461,895
Oct 6, 2026481,018
Oct 5, 2026518,740
Oct 4, 2026520,533
Oct 3, 2026507,793
Oct 2, 2026483,931
Oct 1, 2026522,169
Sep 30, 2026478,681
Sep 29, 2026514,986
Sep 28, 2026508,319
Sep 27, 2026562,035
Sep 26, 2026541,289
Sep 25, 2026547,259
Sep 24, 2026515,557
Sep 23, 2026741,416
Sep 23, 2026397,047
Sep 22, 2026506,644
Sep 21, 20261,013,094

Screenshots and trailer

Counter-Strike 2 screenshot 1

Counter-Strike 2 system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 11 GPU, 1 GB, 8 GB RAM, 85 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

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

Does Counter-Strike 2 have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). There is no single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared.

Does Counter-Strike 2 run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Achievements
1
Steam features
Workshop, Trading cards, In-app purchases
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Greek, Spanish - Latin America, Vietnamese, Indonesian.

Does Counter-Strike 2 use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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