Counter-Strike 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-23
- Fun with friends
- Source 2 engine visual upgrade
- Dynamic volumetric smoke mechanics
- Ineffective anti-cheat system
- Cheaters plague game
- Persistent performance and FPS issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,873,634
- Positive
- 8,477,15685.9%
- Negative
- 1,396,47814.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 436,102,537
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 480.10%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,120
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 480.1% Avg playtime 0.8h | 740.2% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 18,31637.3% Avg playtime 986.7h | 30,62762.4% Avg playtime 582.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 11.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 169.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 449 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,270.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
49,065 total
Organic purchasers49,065100.0%
Voted up: 63%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
49,065 total
First impression0-2h4500.92%
Voted up: 78%
Mid game2-10h2,7745.65%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h2,4995.09%
Voted up: 77%
Endgame20h+43,34288.3%
Voted up: 61%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.9%
Global baseline 62.6%
36 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,873,634 total.