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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.

Counter-Strike 2 is a fps, shooter and multiplayer game developed and published by Valve.
Released on August 21st 2012 is available on Windows and Linux in 29 languages: English, 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 and Indonesian.

It has received 8,740,794 reviews of which 7,583,945 were positive and 1,156,849 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
  • 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

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
It doesn't matter if you have 100 hours of playtime, 1000 hours, or even 5000 hours, you will remain a noob forever. There are enough cheaters in the game to make you drop the game, but once you get caught up in this endless addiction, there is no turning back.
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March 2025
cs2 is free , but I'm paying my sanity for it cheaters telling me I'm the cheater cheaters telling me they turned on their wall hack because they didn't like my mustache cheaters act like we don't know they are cheating cheaters one tap me and tell me its skill issue cheaters pretend they don't use cheats so make the game 12-12 and I have to pay more sanity to play i recommend this game 👍
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Jan. 2025
Its a very good game and here is the advantages: 1-learning russian for free 2-rage quit 3-VAC can ban every one except the cheaters 4-Losing money because of opening the case 5-CS Knives are more expensive than real world knives But honestly,Csgo was better this game sucks so valve fix them If you can
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Jan. 2025
More cheaters than on Tinder Overall great game, just plagued with cheaters.
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Oct. 2024
Counter Strike was once a great game, still good, but too bad its full of cheaters and scammers. Anti cheat system is a joke. This game would be amazing, if it was free of cheaters and scammers.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Counter-Strike 2 is free to play on Steam.

Counter-Strike 2 is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Counter-Strike 2 received 7,583,945 positive votes out of a total of 8,740,794 achieving a rating of 8.65.
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Counter-Strike 2 was developed and published by Valve.

Counter-Strike 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Counter-Strike 2 is not playable on MacOS.

Counter-Strike 2 is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Counter-Strike 2 is a multi-player game.

Counter-Strike 2 features PvP mode where you can test your skills against other players.

There is a DLC available for Counter-Strike 2. Explore additional content available for Counter-Strike 2 on Steam.

Counter-Strike 2 is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Counter-Strike 2 supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet and Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Counter-Strike 2 does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Counter-Strike 2.

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Counter-Strike 2
8.7
7,583,945
1,156,849
Game modes
Features
Online players
630,905
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release 21 Aug 2012
Platforms
Remote Play