Counter-Strike 2 Steam Charts, Sales, Players & Wishlists

Counter-Strike 2 is tagged as Action, Free To Play. It is published by Valve and released on 21 Aug, 2012. PureGameStats tracks Counter-Strike 2's live Steam player count, all-time peak, review sentiment, estimated sales and price history. Counter-Strike 2 currently has 454,029 players on Steam. Its recorded all-time peak is 1,818,368 concurrent players. Current activity is 75% below peak. PureGameStats estimates 373,908,762 Steam units sold. Steam reviews are 86% positive across 9,930,434 responses. Platforms: Linux, Windows.

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Counter-Strike 2 Steam Charts, Sales, Players & Wishlists

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.

Developer: Valve
Publisher: Valve
Platforms: Linux, Windows
Release Date: 21 Aug, 2012

Official site On Steam Details Patches Metadata

Est. Sales

373,908,762

PGS estimate Low confidence

Current Players

454,029

Live Steam data Peak 1,818,368

Achievement Completion

41%

Easiest achievement 41% median

Estimates are modelled by PureGameStats using multiple data signals. Direct data is sourced from Steam. View methodology →

Counter-Strike 2 Concurrent Players Updated hourly

Daily Monthly Yearly

Date	Avg Players	Max Players	Min Players
18 Oct 2026	881,870	1,335,384	544,266
17 Oct 2026	901,814	1,350,457	485,141
16 Oct 2026	761,999	1,290,540	0
15 Oct 2026	722,065	1,159,250	409,882
14 Oct 2026	760,404	1,270,093	412,936
13 Oct 2026	721,709	1,176,314	406,938
12 Oct 2026	781,610	1,218,841	479,080
11 Oct 2026	912,620	1,394,894	547,694
10 Oct 2026	890,678	1,386,104	493,986
09 Oct 2026	785,501	1,238,255	431,920
08 Oct 2026	776,048	1,209,558	469,407
07 Oct 2026	823,381	1,273,989	470,637
06 Oct 2026	757,459	1,141,841	450,906
05 Oct 2026	784,544	1,133,734	468,970
04 Oct 2026	869,299	1,285,388	517,476
03 Oct 2026	844,314	1,181,172	496,423
02 Oct 2026	795,267	1,147,573	471,089
01 Oct 2026	804,374	1,177,785	484,354
30 Sept 2026	827,716	1,306,031	455,454
29 Sept 2026	776,590	1,175,634	483,829
28 Sept 2026	769,525	1,173,304	465,425
27 Sept 2026	900,015	1,337,336	558,361
26 Sept 2026	917,544	1,339,601	546,697
25 Sept 2026	883,032	1,307,437	546,976
24 Sept 2026	849,490	1,374,192	491,134
23 Sept 2026	844,953	1,436,616	376,471
22 Sept 2026	734,542	1,208,788	381,217
21 Sept 2026	746,583	1,199,051	461,220
20 Sept 2026	841,078	1,343,870	493,847
19 Sept 2026	873,502	1,317,931	530,844

Month	Avg Players	Max Players	Min Players
Sept 2026	806,395	1,436,616	0
Aug 2026	826,962	1,315,131	472,223
Jul 2026	853,833	1,435,035	0
Jun 2026	917,330	1,563,294	461,668
May 2026	930,906	1,492,812	569,652
Apr 2026	978,662	1,568,037	526,747
Mar 2026	1,084,769	1,717,075	560,763
Feb 2026	1,091,005	1,623,235	604,632
Jan 2026	1,073,963	1,632,310	493,268
Dec 2025	990,924	1,629,005	0
Nov 2025	985,876	1,623,035	0
Oct 2025	954,840	1,588,579	293,895
Sept 2025	932,960	1,571,060	0
Aug 2025	931,919	1,503,555	0
Jul 2025	907,045	1,427,300	0
Jun 2025	1,010,124	1,725,815	0
May 2025	1,038,597	1,712,216	0
Apr 2025	1,045,702	1,811,827	0
Mar 2025	1,039,663	1,818,368	0
Feb 2025	1,003,571	1,783,434	0
Jan 2025	914,092	1,594,016	0
Dec 2024	913,953	1,740,261	0
Nov 2024	852,164	1,556,938	0
Oct 2024	829,439	1,484,045	0

Year	Avg Players	Max Players
2025	979,609	1,818,368
2024	872,847	1,740,261
2023	879,418	1,802,853
2022	603,169	1,129,095
2021	607,954	1,198,581
2020	657,266	1,305,714
2019	398,361	767,060
2018	321,531	746,548
2017	369,259	814,616
2016	349,815	850,485

All-Time Peak

1,818,368

7-Day Peak

1,350,457

Yesterday Peak

1,335,384

In Sept 2026, Counter-Strike 2 averaged 806,395 concurrent players with a monthly peak of 1,436,616. Down from 978,662 average players in Apr 2026 - a 18% decline over the past 6 months.

Developer: Valve

Publisher: Valve

Platforms: Linux, Windows

Release Date: 21 Aug, 2012

Est. sales: 373,908,762 Low confidence

Achievement completion: 41% easiest · 41% median

Pricing History & Best Deals

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Historical pricing on Steam (US).

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Lowest Recorded

Twitch Viewers & Live Streamers

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Twitch activity for Counter-Strike 2.

32,465

Current viewers

Watching now

8,014

Largest live stream

All time

9,427,653

Hours watched (7d)

Total

49,343,980

Hours watched (30d)

Total

Developer	Valve
Publisher	Valve
Steam release date	21 August 2012
Type	Game
Steam Deck	Playable · not configured by developer
Supported languages	29 languages · 0 with full audio Thai Czech Dutch Greek Latam Danish French German Polish English Finnish Italian Koreana Russian Spanish Swedish Turkish Japanese Romanian Schinese Tchinese Brazilian Bulgarian Hungarian Norwegian Ukrainian Indonesian Portuguese Vietnamese
Community	Hub visible · stats public
Primary genre ID	37
Store genres	1, 37
Top store tags	1663, 1774, 3859, 3878, 19, 5711, 5055, 1708
Content packaging	20 depots · 4 DLCs · 0 packages
Branches	csgo, public, 1.40.8.8, 1.41.2.9, 1.41.4.1, 1.41.6.7, 1.41.6.8, 1.41.6.9, 1.41.7.2, 1.41.7.3, 1.41.7.4, csgo_legacy, demo_viewer
Homepage	http://counter-strike.net/
Last refreshed	22 September 2026

Counter-Strike 2 Steam Reviews

Total reviews 9,930,434 Positive 8,519,435 Negative 1,410,999 Positive % 85.8%Rating Very Positive

Review Cloud

Reviewers praise

fun cheatersggwpbest competitiveenjoy competitiverussianfun friendsvolvoplayer ruinedbetter moreoverlove untillbest hackerstested lovedincredible shothits incredible

Reviewers criticise

cheaterscs2full cheaterscheaterhackerspremierrussiansfaceitvacanticheatcheaters unplayableanti cheatcompetitivetrust factorcheating

What players are discussing

Praise and criticism mentions per topic, split by whether the reviewer recommended the game overall. Based on 500 recent English reviews (ingested 2 Sept 2026).

Ticks mark the typical silhouette for a Action game - overshoot = above the genre norm on that side.

Topic

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Gameplay

Story

Not enough mentions

Graphics

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Audio

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Controls

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Value

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Replay value

Not enough mentions

PC System Requirements

Minimum and recommended hardware needed to run Counter-Strike 2.

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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

Frequently Asked Questions

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How many people are playing Counter-Strike 2 right now?

Counter-Strike 2 has 454,029 concurrent players on Steam right now.

What is the all-time peak player count for Counter-Strike 2?

Counter-Strike 2 reached an all-time peak of 1,818,368 concurrent players.

How many copies has Counter-Strike 2 sold on Steam?

PureGameStats estimates Counter-Strike 2 has sold approximately 373,908,762 copies on Steam, with low confidence. The estimate is derived from Steam reviews, concurrent player peaks and achievement completion rates.