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Video game · 2023

Counter-Strike 2

Released 22 March 2023 on PC and Linux

Developer
Valve Corporation
Publisher
Valve Corporation
Made in
Bellevue, United States
Genre
Shooter, Tactical
Themes
Action, Warfare
Series
Counter-Strike
OPENCRITIC80
IGDB PLAYERS68361 ratings

About Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2 is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed and published by Valve. Released in September 2023, it is the fifth main entry in the Counter-Strike series and serves as a direct replacement for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam. Two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, compete in objective-based rounds across modes such as bomb defusal and hostage rescue. Built on the Source 2 engine, the game introduced volumetric smoke physics, revised weapon handling, and a new sub-tick server architecture. It inherited all cosmetic items from its predecessor and features both a map-specific Competitive mode and a numerically ranked Premier mode.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

PC22 March 2023
Linux27 September 2023

Screenshots

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Videos

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.