Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · Live, updated 11:45 UTC
1.0 launch#2 on Steam

Counter-Strike 2

Released Sep 27, 2023 · early access since Mar 22, 2023 · Steam app 730

Free to play

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 11:45 UTC
Playing now
828,357
at 11:45 UTC
24-hour peak
1,064,089
All-time peak
1,818,368
in Mar 2025 · SteamCharts
24h change
+0.1%
average vs the day before
Twitch viewers
131,081
live on Twitch
Best price
€0.00
official store

Players over time

Players over time
Players over time
What stands out
  • -15%Players since 12:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
  • #2Most played on Steam right now, by live players.
  • 16Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
All-time peak
1,818,368

Highest monthly peak on record, in Mar 2025, from SteamCharts. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 1,064,089.

Month by month

Average and peak players per month · SteamCharts (used with permission) for complete months, our own Steam counts after that
MonthAvg. playersGain% GainPeak players
October 2026 (from Oct 26, 2026) · our count689,028-116,610-14%1,064,089
September 2026 805,638-19,620-2.4%1,450,705
August 2026 825,258-27,974-3.3%1,331,274
July 2026 853,232-63,423-6.9%1,420,896
June 2026 916,655-16,066-1.7%1,573,727
May 2026 932,721-42,065-4.3%1,489,217
April 2026 974,786-94,387-8.8%1,564,830
March 2026 1,069,173-14,922-1.4%1,717,624
February 2026 1,084,09513,651+1.3%1,627,561
January 2026 1,070,44479,267+8%1,654,355
December 2025 991,1779,695+1%1,620,137
November 2025 981,48233,238+3.5%1,597,285
Show all 172 months
MonthAvg. playersGain% GainPeak players
October 2025 948,24422,304+2.4%1,588,091
September 2025 925,940-2,489-0.3%1,571,060
August 2025 928,4298,359+0.9%1,502,245
July 2025 920,070-90,054-8.9%1,427,300
June 2025 1,010,124-28,473-2.7%1,725,815
May 2025 1,038,597-7,105-0.7%1,712,216
April 2025 1,045,7026,039+0.6%1,811,827
March 2025 1,039,66336,092+3.6%1,818,368
February 2025 1,003,57189,479+9.8%1,783,434
January 2025 914,0921390%1,594,016
December 2024 913,95361,789+7.3%1,740,261
November 2024 852,16422,725+2.7%1,556,938
October 2024 829,439-6,868-0.8%1,484,045
September 2024 836,307-61,031-6.8%1,473,144
August 2024 897,33821,973+2.5%1,425,958
July 2024 875,365-72,156-7.6%1,342,171
June 2024 947,521-10,686-1.1%1,510,840
May 2024 958,20727,458+3%1,614,925
April 2024 930,74945,119+5.1%1,618,685
March 2024 885,63098,999+13%1,521,796
February 2024 786,63125,772+3.4%1,347,519
January 2024 760,859-9,236-1.2%1,277,907
December 2023 770,09555,584+7.8%1,248,217
November 2023 714,511-77,614-9.8%1,161,043
October 2023 792,125-184,013-19%1,364,902
September 2023 976,13853,985+5.9%1,556,326
August 2023 922,15340,462+4.6%1,369,511
July 2023 881,691-204,276-19%1,222,913
June 2023 1,085,967-31,550-2.8%1,665,869
May 2023 1,117,517199,431+22%1,802,853
April 2023 918,08674,611+8.9%1,510,231
March 2023 843,47538,369+4.8%1,519,457
February 2023 805,10678,956+11%1,354,248
January 2023 726,15096,825+15%1,199,684
December 2022 629,3258,319+1.3%1,065,079
November 2022 621,00612,656+2.1%1,129,095
October 2022 608,350-10,426-1.7%1,078,860
September 2022 618,776-22,669-3.5%1,100,366
August 2022 641,44546,992+7.9%1,039,889
July 2022 594,45322,231+3.9%928,329
June 2022 572,2227,260+1.3%906,670
May 2022 564,962-4,021-0.7%923,996
April 2022 568,983-12,507-2.2%1,013,237
March 2022 581,490-53,148-8.4%987,993
February 2022 634,63832,262+5.4%995,163
January 2022 602,37655,762+10%991,625
December 2021 546,614-1,548-0.3%950,586
November 2021 548,16235,726+7%935,593
October 2021 512,436850%864,966
September 2021 512,351269+0.1%942,519
August 2021 512,0826,015+1.2%802,544
July 2021 506,067-43,280-7.9%763,523
June 2021 549,347-110,542-17%929,940
May 2021 659,889-63,458-8.8%1,087,197
April 2021 723,347-17,581-2.4%1,148,077
March 2021 740,928-850%1,198,581
February 2021 741,013-2,197-0.3%1,123,485
January 2021 743,21025,406+3.5%1,124,553
December 2020 717,80449,049+7.3%1,164,396
November 2020 668,75555,088+9%1,037,464
October 2020 613,6676,817+1.1%943,876
September 2020 606,850-33,108-5.2%977,769
August 2020 639,95814,057+2.3%925,348
July 2020 625,901-45,746-6.8%857,560
June 2020 671,647-97,148-13%1,009,467
May 2020 768,795-88,809-10%1,193,359
April 2020 857,604186,571+28%1,305,714
March 2020 671,033127,054+23%1,145,972
February 2020 543,97942,783+8.5%916,996
January 2020 501,19644,494+9.7%817,229
December 2019 456,70230,621+7.2%767,060
November 2019 426,08117,086+4.2%758,412
October 2019 408,995-1,931-0.5%747,937
September 2019 410,926-4,171-1%720,052
August 2019 415,09721,314+5.4%647,461
July 2019 393,7834,406+1.1%578,933
June 2019 389,37724,960+6.9%587,724
May 2019 364,41712,427+3.5%588,453
April 2019 351,990-38,250-9.8%621,614
March 2019 390,24018,881+5.1%680,071
February 2019 371,359-30,008-7.5%654,069
January 2019 401,3675,858+1.5%684,511
December 2018 395,50985,424+28%746,548
November 2018 310,085-15,823-4.9%546,031
October 2018 325,908-7,256-2.2%565,968
September 2018 333,16449,633+18%583,029
August 2018 283,53110,224+3.7%454,370
July 2018 273,3076,445+2.4%426,008
June 2018 266,8624,691+1.8%420,261
May 2018 262,171-26,906-9.3%454,481
April 2018 289,077-65,193-18%523,262
March 2018 354,270-28,187-7.4%672,502
February 2018 382,457426+0.1%686,588
January 2018 382,03141,154+12%715,850
December 2017 340,87719,746+6.2%598,405
November 2017 321,131-20,730-6.1%601,881
October 2017 341,861-12,541-3.5%639,968
September 2017 354,402-20,024-5.4%665,371
August 2017 374,426-3,163-0.8%595,781
July 2017 377,5893,201+0.9%624,785
June 2017 374,3882,559+0.7%614,621
May 2017 371,829-20,370-5.2%692,966
April 2017 392,1995,290+1.4%709,841
March 2017 386,909-15,477-3.9%742,356
February 2017 402,3869,276+2.4%744,468
January 2017 393,11050,914+15%814,616
December 2016 342,19613,151+4%662,460
November 2016 329,045-4,031-1.2%627,124
October 2016 333,07610,550+3.3%661,985
September 2016 322,526-24,703-7.1%638,360
August 2016 347,229-6,549-1.9%599,095
July 2016 353,77819,467+5.8%636,056
June 2016 334,311-4,427-1.3%579,110
May 2016 338,738-37,058-9.9%668,612
April 2016 375,796-3,631-1%850,485
March 2016 379,4273,142+0.8%737,599
February 2016 376,28510,914+3%738,969
January 2016 365,371-12,076-3.2%667,432
December 2015 377,44716,521+4.6%823,694
November 2015 360,926-1,840-0.5%786,707
October 2015 362,7666,861+1.9%732,093
September 2015 355,905-1,630-0.5%725,939
August 2015 357,53528,003+8.5%819,902
July 2015 329,532-14,624-4.3%541,181
June 2015 344,15626,870+8.5%610,401
May 2015 317,28625,537+8.8%677,701
April 2015 291,74923,753+8.9%568,556
March 2015 267,99628,061+12%595,439
February 2015 239,9355,864+2.5%455,508
January 2015 234,07150,481+28%443,188
December 2014 183,59036,261+25%367,634
November 2014 147,32913,791+10%348,018
October 2014 133,5382,503+1.9%260,613
September 2014 131,035-2,151-1.6%242,494
August 2014 133,18627,048+25%277,192
July 2014 106,13821,974+26%193,613
June 2014 84,164-761-0.9%164,134
May 2014 84,9256,044+7.7%170,137
April 2014 78,8818,738+12%142,526
March 2014 70,14310,352+17%164,495
February 2014 59,7914,164+7.5%119,764
January 2014 55,6278,839+19%102,084
December 2013 46,78816,897+57%96,298
November 2013 29,8911,989+7.1%92,279
October 2013 27,902223+0.8%53,263
September 2013 27,6791,717+6.6%52,052
August 2013 25,9625,469+27%50,511
July 2013 20,4932,373+13%42,149
June 2013 18,120-590-3.2%33,700
May 2013 18,7102,704+17%53,379
April 2013 16,00646+0.3%31,966
March 2013 15,960-1,413-8.1%32,166
February 2013 17,3731,209+7.5%35,238
January 2013 16,1642,085+15%31,359
December 2012 14,079-55-0.4%27,553
November 2012 14,1343,395+32%50,533
October 2012 10,739-5,262-33%20,850
September 2012 16,001526+3.4%36,057
August 2012 15,47514,542+1,559%52,261
July 2012 933——1,642

Long-term history

Month by month from before we started counting: players from SteamCharts, plus Steam reviews and Wikipedia views, which follow interest rather than player numbers.

Busiest monthMay 20231,117,517
Highest monthly peakMar 20251,818,368
Last 12 months vs the 12 before0%
0909.2K1.8MJul 2012: 933 players on average, peak 1,642Aug 2012: 15,475 players on average, peak 52,261Sep 2012: 16,001 players on average, peak 36,057Oct 2012: 10,739 players on average, peak 20,850Nov 2012: 14,134 players on average, peak 50,533Dec 2012: 14,079 players on average, peak 27,553Jan 2013: 16,164 players on average, peak 31,359Feb 2013: 17,373 players on average, peak 35,238Mar 2013: 15,960 players on average, peak 32,166Apr 2013: 16,006 players on average, peak 31,966May 2013: 18,710 players on average, peak 53,379Jun 2013: 18,120 players on average, peak 33,700Jul 2013: 20,493 players on average, peak 42,149Aug 2013: 25,962 players on average, peak 50,511Sep 2013: 27,679 players on average, peak 52,052Oct 2013: 27,902 players on average, peak 53,263Nov 2013: 29,891 players on average, peak 92,279Dec 2013: 46,788 players on average, peak 96,298Jan 2014: 55,627 players on average, peak 102,084Feb 2014: 59,791 players on average, peak 119,764Mar 2014: 70,143 players on average, peak 164,495Apr 2014: 78,881 players on average, peak 142,526May 2014: 84,925 players on average, peak 170,137Jun 2014: 84,164 players on average, peak 164,134Jul 2014: 106,138 players on average, peak 193,613Aug 2014: 133,186 players on average, peak 277,192Sep 2014: 131,035 players on average, peak 242,494Oct 2014: 133,538 players on average, peak 260,613Nov 2014: 147,329 players on average, peak 348,018Dec 2014: 183,590 players on average, peak 367,634Jan 2015: 234,071 players on average, peak 443,188Feb 2015: 239,935 players on average, peak 455,508Mar 2015: 267,996 players on average, peak 595,439Apr 2015: 291,749 players on average, peak 568,556May 2015: 317,286 players on average, peak 677,701Jun 2015: 344,156 players on average, peak 610,401Jul 2015: 329,532 players on average, peak 541,181Aug 2015: 357,535 players on average, peak 819,902Sep 2015: 355,905 players on average, peak 725,939Oct 2015: 362,766 players on average, peak 732,093Nov 2015: 360,926 players on average, peak 786,707Dec 2015: 377,447 players on average, peak 823,694Jan 2016: 365,371 players on average, peak 667,432Feb 2016: 376,285 players on average, peak 738,969Mar 2016: 379,427 players on average, peak 737,599Apr 2016: 375,796 players on average, peak 850,485May 2016: 338,738 players on average, peak 668,612Jun 2016: 334,311 players on average, peak 579,110Jul 2016: 353,778 players on average, peak 636,056Aug 2016: 347,229 players on average, peak 599,095Sep 2016: 322,526 players on average, peak 638,360Oct 2016: 333,076 players on average, peak 661,985Nov 2016: 329,045 players on average, peak 627,124Dec 2016: 342,196 players on average, peak 662,460Jan 2017: 393,110 players on average, peak 814,616Feb 2017: 402,386 players on average, peak 744,468Mar 2017: 386,909 players on average, peak 742,356Apr 2017: 392,199 players on average, peak 709,841May 2017: 371,829 players on average, peak 692,966Jun 2017: 374,388 players on average, peak 614,621Jul 2017: 377,589 players on average, peak 624,785Aug 2017: 374,426 players on average, peak 595,781Sep 2017: 354,402 players on average, peak 665,371Oct 2017: 341,861 players on average, peak 639,968Nov 2017: 321,131 players on average, peak 601,881Dec 2017: 340,877 players on average, peak 598,405Jan 2018: 382,031 players on average, peak 715,850Feb 2018: 382,457 players on average, peak 686,588Mar 2018: 354,270 players on average, peak 672,502Apr 2018: 289,077 players on average, peak 523,262May 2018: 262,171 players on average, peak 454,481Jun 2018: 266,862 players on average, peak 420,261Jul 2018: 273,307 players on average, peak 426,008Aug 2018: 283,531 players on average, peak 454,370Sep 2018: 333,164 players on average, peak 583,029Oct 2018: 325,908 players on average, peak 565,968Nov 2018: 310,085 players on average, peak 546,031Dec 2018: 395,509 players on average, peak 746,548Jan 2019: 401,367 players on average, peak 684,511Feb 2019: 371,359 players on average, peak 654,069Mar 2019: 390,240 players on average, peak 680,071Apr 2019: 351,990 players on average, peak 621,614May 2019: 364,417 players on average, peak 588,453Jun 2019: 389,377 players on average, peak 587,724Jul 2019: 393,783 players on average, peak 578,933Aug 2019: 415,097 players on average, peak 647,461Sep 2019: 410,926 players on average, peak 720,052Oct 2019: 408,995 players on average, peak 747,937Nov 2019: 426,081 players on average, peak 758,412Dec 2019: 456,702 players on average, peak 767,060Jan 2020: 501,196 players on average, peak 817,229Feb 2020: 543,979 players on average, peak 916,996Mar 2020: 671,033 players on average, peak 1,145,972Apr 2020: 857,604 players on average, peak 1,305,714May 2020: 768,795 players on average, peak 1,193,359Jun 2020: 671,647 players on average, peak 1,009,467Jul 2020: 625,901 players on average, peak 857,560Aug 2020: 639,958 players on average, peak 925,348Sep 2020: 606,850 players on average, peak 977,769Oct 2020: 613,667 players on average, peak 943,876Nov 2020: 668,755 players on average, peak 1,037,464Dec 2020: 717,804 players on average, peak 1,164,396Jan 2021: 743,210 players on average, peak 1,124,553Feb 2021: 741,013 players on average, peak 1,123,485Mar 2021: 740,928 players on average, peak 1,198,581Apr 2021: 723,347 players on average, peak 1,148,077May 2021: 659,889 players on average, peak 1,087,197Jun 2021: 549,347 players on average, peak 929,940Jul 2021: 506,067 players on average, peak 763,523Aug 2021: 512,082 players on average, peak 802,544Sep 2021: 512,351 players on average, peak 942,519Oct 2021: 512,436 players on average, peak 864,966Nov 2021: 548,162 players on average, peak 935,593Dec 2021: 546,614 players on average, peak 950,586Jan 2022: 602,376 players on average, peak 991,625Feb 2022: 634,638 players on average, peak 995,163Mar 2022: 581,490 players on average, peak 987,993Apr 2022: 568,983 players on average, peak 1,013,237May 2022: 564,962 players on average, peak 923,996Jun 2022: 572,222 players on average, peak 906,670Jul 2022: 594,453 players on average, peak 928,329Aug 2022: 641,445 players on average, peak 1,039,889Sep 2022: 618,776 players on average, peak 1,100,366Oct 2022: 608,350 players on average, peak 1,078,860Nov 2022: 621,006 players on average, peak 1,129,095Dec 2022: 629,325 players on average, peak 1,065,079Jan 2023: 726,150 players on average, peak 1,199,684Feb 2023: 805,106 players on average, peak 1,354,248Mar 2023: 843,475 players on average, peak 1,519,457Apr 2023: 918,086 players on average, peak 1,510,231May 2023: 1,117,517 players on average, peak 1,802,853Jun 2023: 1,085,967 players on average, peak 1,665,869Jul 2023: 881,691 players on average, peak 1,222,913Aug 2023: 922,153 players on average, peak 1,369,511Sep 2023: 976,138 players on average, peak 1,556,326Oct 2023: 792,125 players on average, peak 1,364,902Nov 2023: 714,511 players on average, peak 1,161,043Dec 2023: 770,095 players on average, peak 1,248,217Jan 2024: 760,859 players on average, peak 1,277,907Feb 2024: 786,631 players on average, peak 1,347,519Mar 2024: 885,630 players on average, peak 1,521,796Apr 2024: 930,749 players on average, peak 1,618,685May 2024: 958,207 players on average, peak 1,614,925Jun 2024: 947,521 players on average, peak 1,510,840Jul 2024: 875,365 players on average, peak 1,342,171Aug 2024: 897,338 players on average, peak 1,425,958Sep 2024: 836,307 players on average, peak 1,473,144Oct 2024: 829,439 players on average, peak 1,484,045Nov 2024: 852,164 players on average, peak 1,556,938Dec 2024: 913,953 players on average, peak 1,740,261Jan 2025: 914,092 players on average, peak 1,594,016Feb 2025: 1,003,571 players on average, peak 1,783,434Mar 2025: 1,039,663 players on average, peak 1,818,368Apr 2025: 1,045,702 players on average, peak 1,811,827May 2025: 1,038,597 players on average, peak 1,712,216Jun 2025: 1,010,124 players on average, peak 1,725,815Jul 2025: 920,070 players on average, peak 1,427,300Aug 2025: 928,429 players on average, peak 1,502,245Sep 2025: 925,940 players on average, peak 1,571,060Oct 2025: 948,244 players on average, peak 1,588,091Nov 2025: 981,482 players on average, peak 1,597,285Dec 2025: 991,177 players on average, peak 1,620,137Jan 2026: 1,070,444 players on average, peak 1,654,355Feb 2026: 1,084,095 players on average, peak 1,627,561Mar 2026: 1,069,173 players on average, peak 1,717,624Apr 2026: 974,786 players on average, peak 1,564,830May 2026: 932,721 players on average, peak 1,489,217Jun 2026: 916,655 players on average, peak 1,573,727Jul 2026: 853,232 players on average, peak 1,420,896Aug 2026: 825,258 players on average, peak 1,331,274Sep 2026: 805,638 players on average, peak 1,450,7052013201520172019202120232025
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Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month from SteamCharts, used with permission. The month in progress is left out.

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On Twitch

Live viewers and channels, hourly averages in the last 24 hours

131,081
viewers now
256,132
peak hour, last 24 h
963
live channels
136
viewers per channel
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About the game

Release date
Sep 27, 2023
Early access
Mar 22, 2023
All-time peak reached
Mar 2025 · 1,818,368
Tracked by PixelKrypt since
Oct 26, 2026
Steam app id
730
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