Counter-Strike 2’s peak online player count in October 2026 fell by more than 48,000 players

Counter-Strike 2’s peak online player count in October stood at 1,402,441. This information was shared by experts from Steam Charts.

According to the portal, the peak online player count for CS2 dropped by 48,264 compared to September, when it stood at 1,450,705. The average number of users for the month decreased by 1.03% to 797,324, while in September this figure was 805,638.

On the evening of October 30, Valve released an update for Counter-Strike 2, which removed the Lar rifle files from the game that had been discovered the previous day. In addition, the developers updated the interface localization and rewrote the sound configurations for the music packs.

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