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.

English voiceActionFree to PlayAugust 22, 2012
Highly recommended
GamePickHub score
85% of 9,951,963 Steam reviews positive
Free
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At a glance

● Pros

  • Steam reviews: "Very Positive" (85%)
  • Full English voice acting
  • Free to play

● Cons

No notable downsides in the data.

Great for

  • Fans of punchy combat and action
  • Trying before paying anything

Summarized automatically from Steam reviews, Metacritic, language support, price and spec data.

What players talk about

How often each topic comes up in 43 Steam reviews (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) · 86% of them recommend the game

  • Servers👍 5 👎 2
  • Performance👍 4 👎 1
  • Price👍 3
  • Multiplayer & co-op👍 3
  • Amount of content👍 2 👎 1

Counts how many reviews mention each topic, split by whether the review recommends the game.

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About the game

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.

In addition to the classic objective-focused gameplay that Counter Strike pioneered in 1999, Counter Strike 2 features:

All-new CS Ratings with the updated Premier mode

Global and Regional leaderboards

Upgraded and overhauled maps

Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades

Tick-rate-independent gameplay

Redesigned visual effects and audio

All items from CS:GO moving forward to CS2

Source: Steam store page (provided by the developer/publisher)

PC requirements

Minimum

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

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