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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.

AppID 730 game Linux Windows
Release Aug 21, 2012
RECS 5,035,625
Price Free
Required age 0
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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

Game facts

Developers
Valve
Publishers
Valve
Genres
Action, Free To Play
Categories
Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, In-App Purchases, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives
Metacritic
n/a
DLC count
1

Supported languages

Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Greek, Spanish - Latin America, Vietnamese, Indonesian. languages with full audio support

Full audio

English, Indonesian. languages with full audio support

System requirements

PC
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
Mac
Minimum:
OS: MacOS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later
Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2400 or better / NVIDIA 8600M or better
Storage: 15 GB available space
Linux
Minimum:
OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Processor: 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD GCN+ or NVIDIA Kepler+ with up-to-date Vulkan drivers. Support for VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library highly recommended.
Storage: 85 GB available space
Sound Card: Highly recommended