Despite the abundance of criticism directed at Valve for the lack of significant updates in Counter-Strike 2, the game unexpectedly set a financial record. In March 2025, the number of opened cases reached its highest in the past nine months.

The situation seems paradoxical: the community is tired of the developers' silence, complains about bugs and the lack of new content, yet — oddly enough — continues to actively invest in cases. This indicates that the internal economy of CS2 is thriving independently of the development pace.

Context

Since the official release of Counter-Strike 2 in 2023, players and analysts have repeatedly raised the issue of "stagnation" in the project's development. Valve, as always, is in no rush to please the community with regular updates or feedback. Nevertheless, the case system — a key element of the game's monetization — continues to operate smoothly. Apparently, this is quite sufficient for maintaining stable revenue.

Record Numbers of March

According to a statistical tracker, 32,775,165 cases were opened in March, yielding Valve a net profit of approximately $81,610,160. It's important to note: these calculations do not include the cost of the cases themselves. And all this happened in a month when there were no major events or updates in the game, although at the very end of the month on the 31st, an update was released adding 4 more collections and a new case, totaling over 70 new skins in the game.

Once again, Valve proves it can generate colossal profits with minimal intervention in the product. This raises questions about the future of CS2: will the game ever see active development?