How many people are playing Counter-Strike 2?

Counter-Strike 2 has 990,462 players in-game on Steam right now, and peaked at 1,226,772 concurrent players in the last 24 hours. The live count updates hourly.

Is Counter-Strike 2 on Steam?

Yes. Counter-Strike 2 is on Steam, and its live concurrent player count is tracked on this page and updated hourly.

What platforms is Counter-Strike 2 on?

Counter-Strike 2 is available on Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows).

Is Counter-Strike 2 still popular?

Counter-Strike 2 is holding steady. Over the past 30 days its player count is down 2%.

When did Counter-Strike 2 release?

Counter-Strike 2 was first released on August 21, 2012.

Counter-Strike 2

Aug 21, 2012ActionFree To PlayLinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)

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Counter-Strike 2player count & live stats

Counter-Strike 2 has 990,462 players in-game on Steam right now and peaked at 1,226,772 in the last 24 hours. Counts update hourly — last checked 18 minutes ago.

Holding steadyIts player count is down 2% over the last 30 days.

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
First released: Aug 21, 2012

Counter-Strike 2 player count

Counter-Strike 2 has 990,462 players in-game on Steam right now — up 3% from 24 hours ago. Its 24-hour peak was 1,226,772 concurrent players. Updated hourly.

Playing right now

990K+3% vs 24h ago

Steam concurrent players

Watching on Twitch

72.2K

Concurrent viewers · hourly

1,226,772 24-hour peak

1,323,292 7-day peak

1,331,274 30-day peak

1,571,021 all-time peak

#1 most played on Steam

Steam most-played rank: #1

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Counter-Strike 2 monthly peaks

Highest concurrent players recorded each month, most recent first.

Month	Peak players	Peak viewers
September 2026	1,323,292	428,205
August 2026	1,331,274	465,021
July 2026	1,422,659	219,981
June 2026	1,571,021	1,280,462
May 2026	1,487,394	518,248

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Counter-Strike 2 — frequently asked questions

How many people are playing Counter-Strike 2?: Counter-Strike 2 has 990,462 players in-game on Steam right now, and peaked at 1,226,772 concurrent players in the last 24 hours. The live count updates hourly.
Is Counter-Strike 2 on Steam?: Yes. Counter-Strike 2 is on Steam, and its live concurrent player count is tracked on this page and updated hourly.
What platforms is Counter-Strike 2 on?: Counter-Strike 2 is available on Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows).
Is Counter-Strike 2 still popular?: Counter-Strike 2 is holding steady. Over the past 30 days its player count is down 2%.
When did Counter-Strike 2 release?: Counter-Strike 2 was first released on August 21, 2012.

About Counter-Strike 2

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. A free upgrade to CS:GO, Counter-Strike 2 marks the largest technical leap in Counter-Strike’s history. Built on the Source 2 engine, Counter-Strike 2 is modernized with realistic physically-based rendering, state of the art networking, and upgraded Community Workshop tools.

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Counter-Strike 2 on Wikipedia

Counter-Strike 2 is a 2023 free-to-play first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve. It is the fifth main entry in the Counter-Strike series, produced as an updated version of the previous entry, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012). As with its predecessor, the game pits two opposing teams, the Counter-Terrorists and the Terrorists, against each other in various objective-based game modes.

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