Counter-Strike 2
Developers | |
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Valve Corporation | |
Engines | |
Source 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 27, 2023 |
Linux | September 27, 2023 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Free-to-play |
Microtransactions | Cosmetic, Loot box, Player trading |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS |
Series | Counter-Strike |
Counter-Strike | |
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Counter-Strike | 2000 |
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | 2004 |
Counter-Strike: Source | 2004 |
Counter-Strike NEO -White Memories- | 2005 |
Counter-Strike Online (series) | |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 2012 |
Counter-Strike 2 | 2023 |
Counter-Strike 2 is a free upgrade to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, running on the Source 2 engine.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Steam |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Free-to-play | Base game is free-to-play, but paid Prime status is needed for some features. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Cosmetic | Gun skins, player models can be obtained in game, purchased or traded from other players, and by opening loot boxes. |
Loot box | Loot boxes are earned during game play, but keys must be bought with real money in order to open them. All rewards are cosmetic. |
Player trading | Trading can be done via Steam. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\730\local\cfg\ <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\730\remote\ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Default 90°. Hor+.[1] Can be set with the command fov_cs_debug if the server allows cheats. |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | CMAA2 and up to 8x MSAA. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | FSR 1.0 |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | Toggle on and off | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | By default, menus are locked to 120 FPS and gameplay is at 400 FPS. With console, can change fps_max up to 1000 ; use 0 for uncapped framerate. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Overall game volume and separate music slider. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Greek | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Thai | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian | ||||
Vietnamese |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 10 | Use Offline with bots mode and set sv_lan 1 in the console.
[2] |
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Online play | 32 | 10 players in competitive mode 32 players in Community servers |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port.[3] |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 27014-27050 |
UDP | 27000-27030 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Issues fixed
Game freezes when push to talk
Turn "Streamlined Push To Talk" option to YES in audio settings.
Repeated UAC prompt for Steam Client Service[4]
Copy the files from <Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010\
to <Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\directx_installer
. Relaunch the game.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
Vulkan | To enable it, before starting the game, enter -vulkan in the launch options (Properties... > General > LAUNCH OPTIONS) |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Rubikon | |
Audio | Steam Audio | |
Interface | Panorama, Qt | |
Input | SDL | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks | |
Anti-cheat | Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-750 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 85 GB[Note 1][5] | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5.0 support |
- Unofficially, the game can be played on Windows 7 to Windows 8.1. Only offline is playable in these operating systems, as VAC is non-functional in these operating systems[6].
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 20.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-750 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 85 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AMD GCN+ Nvidia Kepler+ 1 GB of VRAM |
- VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library highly recommended.
Notes
- ↑ Despite listing such size, current game size is 33.6 GB (36,085,286,527 bytes) without the additional Workshop Tools that takes up 677.36 MB
References
- ↑ Field of View - Valve Developer Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Counter Strike Global Offensive - How to play a LAN game - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Any way to use a server browser? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/16vaig8/comment/k2q61po
- ↑ Verified by User:Zorklis on 2023-09-28
- ↑ Counter Strike 2 works on Windows 7! VAC doesn't let me join official servers, but what about you guys? - last accessed on Sep 28, 2023