Counter-Strike 2 has lost 184,000 players in the past month, or 18.92% of its player base compared to September. This is the highest percentage of players lost since October 2012.

Counter-Strike 2 averaged 976,000 online players in September, a decrease of 18.88% over the month, a record for any Valve game. In October, the average number of Counter-Strike 2 players fell to 791,000.

Almost immediately after its release, CS2 set a record for peak online presence, but could not beat the results of CS:GO. At one point, 1.47 million people were playing the game simultaneously, compared to the previous record of 1.81 million.

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The players are still complaining about optimisations, bugs and errors in the gameplay. Professional players continue to criticise Counter-Strike 2. The new game has become the lowest-rated Valve game on Steam.