This product is the Prime Status Upgrade for Counter-Strike 2. Counter-Strike 2 itself is free to play on Steam; the upgrade is added to your Steam account.
About the game
For over two decades, Counter Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter Strike 2.
A free upgrade to CS:GO, Counter Strike 2 marks the largest technical leap in Counter Strike’s history. Built on the Source 2 engine, Counter Strike 2 is modernized with realistic physically-based rendering, state of the art networking, and upgraded Community Workshop tools.
In addition to the classic objective-focused gameplay that Counter Strike pioneered in 1999, Counter Strike 2 features:
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All-new CS Ratings with the updated Premier mode
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Global and Regional leaderboards
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Upgraded and overhauled maps
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Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades
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Tick-rate-independent gameplay
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Redesigned visual effects and audio
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All items from CS:GO moving forward to CS2
Product details
- Developer: Valve
- Publisher: Valve
- Release date: 21 Aug, 2012
- Genre: Action, Free To Play
- Languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese – Portugal, Portuguese – Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish – Spain, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Greek, Spanish – Latin America, Vietnamese, Indonesian
- Platform: PC (Steam)
- Activation region: Global
- Delivery: digital Steam key, sent by e-mail and shown in your account after payment
How to activate
- Open the Steam client and sign in.
- Choose Games → Activate a Product on Steam.
- Enter the key from your order e-mail and follow the steps. The game is then in your Steam library.
A Steam account is required. Check the system requirements on the game’s Steam page before buying.




