Checked October 1, 2026
Counter-Strike 2 System Requirements
Official minimum and recommended PC requirements for Counter-Strike 2, taken from its Steam store listing. Counter-Strike 2 currently has 484,354 players in game.
Minimum — PC / Windows
| OS | Windows® 10 |
|---|---|
| Processor | 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Video card must be 1 GB or more and should be a DirectX 11-compatible with support for Shader Model 5.0 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
| Storage | 85 GB available space |
Minimum — macOS
| OS | MacOS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better) |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon HD 2400 or better / NVIDIA 8600M or better |
| Storage | 15 GB available space |
Minimum — Linux
| OS | Ubuntu 20.04 |
|---|---|
| Processor | 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | AMD GCN+ or NVIDIA Kepler+ with up-to-date Vulkan drivers. Support for VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library highly recommended. |
| Storage | 85 GB available space |
| Sound Card | Highly recommended |
Will my PC run Counter-Strike 2?
Compare each row above with your own hardware. Meeting the minimum specification targets roughly 30 FPS at 1080p on low settings; the recommended specification targets around 60 FPS at 1080p on medium to high. Use the VRAM calculator to check whether your graphics card has enough memory for your resolution, and the PSU calculator before an upgrade.