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

Counter-Strike 2 has 1,182,164 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 1,226,877 and an all-time peak of 1,818,368 on Mar 2025.

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

1,818,368 concurrent players on Mar 2025.

When was Counter-Strike 2 released on Steam?

Counter-Strike 2 was released on Steam on 21 Aug 2012.

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Counter-Strike 2 Configuration · SteamPeaks

Counter-Strike 2

GameApp ID 730by ValveReleased 21 Aug 2012

App ID730

Release date21 Aug 2012

EngineSource 2

Install size75.5 GB

TypeGame

Last update28 Aug 2026

Steam DeckPlayable

DLC0

DeveloperValve

Changenumber38,552,948

PriceFree

Packages1

PublisherValve

SystemsWindows · Linux

Followers4,914,402

Depots7

Counter-Strike 2

Valve
Released 21 Aug 2012·App 730

Steam user reviews

Very Positive

85.9%· 9.8M reviews

Recent Very Positive · 86%

SteamPeaks Rating

85.1 Very positive

Recent 30 days 85.9

How it works

Playing now

1,182,164

−38,187 vs. yesterday

65%of peak

All-time peak

1,818,368

Mar 2025

PICS config · launch options

Configuration

10 launch options

#	Executable	Arguments	Type	OS	Description
0	game\bin\win64\cs2.exe	-steam	—	windows	—
1	game/cs2.sh	-steam	—	linux	—
2	csgo.exe	-steam	option1	windows	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Demo Viewer, 2013)
3	csgo.exe	-steam	option1	windows	Legacy Version of CS:GO
4	game\bin\win64\cs2.exe	-steam -perfectworld	—	windows	—
5	game/cs2.sh	-steam	option1	macos	Counter-Strike 2 (Limited Test)
6	game\bin\win64\csgocfg.exe	-steam -retail -gpuraytracing -vulkan	—	windows	Counter-Strike 2 Workshop Tools
7	csgo.sh	-steam

Key	Value
usemms	1
checkguid	client.dll
installdir	Counter-Strike Global Offensive
sdr-groups	steam-global,steam-china
contenttype	3
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app_mappings.1.tool	SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper
app_mappings.1.comment	sniper SLR
app_mappings.1.platform	linux
cegpublickey	30819D300D06092A864886F70D010101050003818B0030818702818100A2E1BC73B8542963E95838CFD770CE44881742E9B49D951A54AEBE7345BDFCB19F08B63B9CF84A60FF0DAE381A9455C4D54902EB68831BA4D34C1A9A97000AB8C1782A4A2B48898430BD62CCEAD799207BBA2D19673133C920896318F58AA5626E5615F5CDE8C170855977837D474AAF4EF116D68CDE1004A9022BE6708EE913020111
systemprofile	1
usesfrenemies	no
verifyupdates	0
steam_china_only.steam_china_enable_duration_control	1
steam_china_only.steam_china_duration_control_show_interstitial	0
externalarguments.allowunknown	1
sdr-groups-global	mplay-csgo
vacmodulefilename	resource\sourceinit.dat
enabletextfiltering	1
gameoverlay_testmode	1
matchmaking_uptodate	1
steamdecktouchscreen	1
uselaunchcommandline	1
installscriptoverride	1
installscriptsignature	8a80c9a3a8ab75b8f133929a0e89978531d7e49a074d6a305ca47097c268f18c6522ccca65138f831f327afcbcaea43cee8e6861f353c597c86feab0c2fd6562bd3ab6c72ad34e861e421315af3054c76933c9d882d9476bde6098152a5bedfcd2103591a91b27bb95c8c1d4519684542790e6cbd93144e8a5b77ec8298f80cd
matchmaking_rate_limit	1
enable_duration_control	1
vacmodulefilename_macos	resource\sourceinit_macos.dat
signaturescheckedonlaunch.windows.0	csgo.exe
checkforupdatesbeforelaunch	1
launchwithoutworkshopupdates	1
steamcontrollertemplateindex	6
matchmaking_mms_appidinvitenf	624820
steamconfigurator3rdpartynative	65535
duration_control_show_interstitial	0