In May 2024, the online player base for Counter-Strike 2 once again reached a record high since the game's release, with an average monthly audience surpassing 950,000 people, marking an increase of nearly 3% compared to the previous month.
The peak concurrent players in May slightly decreased from April's figure, dropping from 1.618 million to 1.614 million. The analytics service Steam Charts provided this data.
It's worth noting that a major patch was released for Counter-Strike 2 in May. The developers updated the Molotov, reduced the cost of the M4A4, introduced a skin rental feature, reworked Vertigo, and made several other changes.
Here are the online player statistics for CS2 over the past 12 months: