Counter-Strike 2
Last updated: 2025-12-23
- Preserved core Counter-Strike gameplay mechanics
- Source 2 engine enhances visuals and sound
- Competitive integrity maintained for esports
- Severe cheating epidemic disrupts matches
- Ineffective anti-cheat system frustrates players
- Poor optimization causes performance issues
Emotions
Frustration29%Disappointment10%Nostalgia8%Excitement8%Satisfaction7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,246,944
- Positive
- 7,984,23586.3%
- Negative
- 1,262,70913.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 510,762,651
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1400.11%
- Estimated copies lost
- 7,733
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1410.1% Avg playtime 1h | 1310.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 45,94634.7% Avg playtime 830.4h | 86,37265.1% Avg playtime 602.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 357 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 369.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 22,222.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 371.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
132,590 total
Organic purchasers87,80166.2%
Voted up: 64%
Key activations44,78933.8%
Voted up: 67%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
132,590 total
First impression0-2h1,2240.92%
Voted up: 75%
Mid game2-10h9,0566.83%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h7,6475.77%
Voted up: 76%
Endgame20h+114,66386.5%
Voted up: 63%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
79.7%
Global baseline 65.2%
79 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,246,944 total.