Overview
Counter-Strike 2 comes from Valve and is published by Valve. It arrived on Steam on Aug 21, 2012, and it sits naturally among Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Workshop, In-App Purchases, Adjustable Text Size, and Camera Comfort. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.
Players and reviews
Counter-Strike 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1,135,738 players at 9 October 2026 - 19:55:04 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,818,368. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 86% positive across 9,896,033 reviews.
Language and system requirements
Counter-Strike 2 is available in 29 languages including:
7 regional rating boards including usk, agcom, cadpa, dejus, and steam germany
| Platform | Type | OS | Processor | Memory | Graphics | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Minimum | Windows® 10 | 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher | 8 GB RAM | Video card must be 1 GB or more and should be a DirectX 11-compatible with support for Shader Model 5.0 | 85 GB available space |
| macOS | Minimum | MacOS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later | Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better) | 2 GB RAM | ATI Radeon HD 2400 or better / NVIDIA 8600M or better | 15 GB available space |
| Linux | Minimum | Ubuntu 20.04 | 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher | 8 GB RAM | AMD GCN+ or NVIDIA Kepler+ with up-to-date Vulkan drivers. Support for VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library highly recommended. | 85 GB available space |
Sales, recommendations, and streams
Counter-Strike 2 has sold up to 100,100,000 units and has 5,297,620 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $543,700,000. On Twitch, 300 streamers are live with around 75,083 total watchers.