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Counter-Strike 2 player count right now.
- 24-hour peak
- 24-hour low
- vs. this time yesterday
- Rank on our board
Daily peaks
| Day (UTC) | Peak | Average | Low |
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The big number above is how many people are playing Counter-Strike 2 on Steam right now. We read Steam every 10 minutes and keep every reading, so the chart and the daily peaks table get longer each day.
CS2 is Valve's free-to-play shooter. It came out on September 27, 2023 for Windows and Linux and replaced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam, so it uses the same Steam app CS:GO did. That makes this one of the most complete counts on our board: CS2 is a PC game that runs through Steam, with no console version, so no big group of players is missing from the number.
CS2 is usually the most played game on Steam, and its daily swing is big because its players are spread across Europe, South America and Asia. Compare the 24-hour peak rather than a single reading, and use the 7-day and 30-day views to see how updates, new cases and majors move it.
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Counter-Strike 2 player count questions
How many people are playing CS2 right now?
The number at the top of this page is the live Counter-Strike 2 player count on Steam, read every 10 minutes.
Is the CS2 player count all platforms?
Near enough. Counter-Strike 2 is a PC game for Windows and Linux that runs through Steam, and there is no console version, so the Steam count covers its players.
Is the CS2 player count the same as CS:GO?
CS2 replaced CS:GO on Steam on September 27, 2023 and uses the same Steam app (730), so Steam reports one number for it.
What is the CS2 player count vs VALORANT?
VALORANT is not on Steam and Riot does not publish a live count, so no one can compare the two live. Our Steam board compares CS2 with 43 other Steam games.
Where does this data come from?
Steam's public player count for Counter-Strike 2 (app 730), read every 10 minutes and stored by PropBuilds since November 5, 2026.