Can you trust Counter-Strike 2's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 83.5%

Release date: 2012年8月21日 View on Steam

Official Steam rating
85.8%
9,916,891 reviews
Adjusted rating
83.5%
95% range 83.0%–83.9%
vs official −2.3pt
Japanese-language reviews
82.6%
11,405 reviews
vs overall −3.2pt

Overrated 800 positive and 800 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12

Summary

The adjusted rating for Counter-Strike 2 is 83.5% (95% range 83.0–83.9%), in line with the official 85.8% on Steam. It is based on 800 positive and 800 negative reviews weighted by trust. Verdict: "Overrated" (the adjusted rating is 70% or higher, but the positive reviews carry low average trust).

The main driver is that positive reviews include more very short reviews (70% of positive vs 46% of negative). As a result, positive reviews average 0.62 in trust against 0.74 for negative ones.

The monthly history (172 months) has no month where volume and negative share jumped together. The rating does not appear to be driven by a single episode.

The last 180 days show 80.1%, 5.7 points below the all-time figure. Sentiment over the past six months is weaker.

Japanese-language reviews (11,405) show 82.6%, close to the overall rating. In the last 180 days, Japanese-language reviews show 74.9%.

The adjusted rating estimates trust from how reviews are written; it does not judge any individual review as fake. Data as of 2026-10-12.

Positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review1%0%
Very short text70%46%
Key activated outside Steam0%0%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games49%32%
Over 100 reviews written0%0%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.620.74

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 175 hours.

Rating history

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month (green = positive, red = negative)
0 100k 200k 300k 2012-05: +1 / −0 2012-08: +1,630 / −208 2012-09: +1,003 / −88 2012-10: +511 / −59 2012-11: +591 / −62 2012-12: +867 / −93 2013-01: +690 / −78 2013-02: +598 / −68 2013-03: +529 / −55 2013-04: +495 / −53 2013-05: +1,003 / −128 2013-06: +776 / −91 2013-07: +929 / −95 2013-08: +728 / −97 2013-09: +827 / −100 2013-10: +931 / −100 2013-11: +3,496 / −228 2013-12: +18,983 / −1,008 2014-01: +15,735 / −843 2014-02: +11,181 / −628 2014-03: +13,930 / −885 2014-04: +11,987 / −650 2014-05: +12,406 / −741 2014-06: +24,742 / −1,242 2014-07: +20,171 / −1,319 2014-08: +21,564 / −1,252 2014-09: +18,259 / −1,224 2014-10: +16,945 / −1,214 2014-11: +20,940 / −1,658 2014-12: +30,837 / −2,229 2015-01: +34,941 / −2,436 2015-02: +28,898 / −2,084 2015-03: +36,869 / −2,666 2015-04: +37,328 / −2,831 2015-05: +42,027 / −3,114 2015-06: +51,772 / −4,532 2015-07: +39,299 / −3,378 2015-08: +42,101 / −3,691 2015-09: +38,546 / −3,531 2015-10: +42,958 / −3,825 2015-11: +47,536 / −4,395 2015-12: +63,369 / −8,518 2016-01: +59,292 / −7,904 2016-02: +55,607 / −6,095 2016-03: +51,267 / −5,181 2016-04: +47,222 / −4,728 2016-05: +42,784 / −4,596 2016-06: +46,101 / −5,721 2016-07: +43,257 / −5,598 2016-08: +36,129 / −5,453 2016-09: +30,699 / −4,943 2016-10: +31,139 / −5,365 2016-11: +119,996 / −13,183 2016-12: +48,938 / −7,279 2017-01: +49,265 / −7,500 2017-02: +44,226 / −7,229 2017-03: +45,310 / −6,540 2017-04: +45,248 / −6,081 2017-05: +42,320 / −5,998 2017-06: +51,702 / −7,767 2017-07: +49,776 / −7,976 2017-08: +41,377 / −8,539 2017-09: +38,971 / −7,819 2017-10: +40,456 / −8,508 2017-11: +90,715 / −13,673 2017-12: +45,971 / −7,814 2018-01: +47,300 / −8,666 2018-02: +39,603 / −7,380 2018-03: +38,423 / −8,927 2018-04: +26,395 / −7,531 2018-05: +25,846 / −6,321 2018-06: +31,037 / −6,884 2018-07: +29,220 / −6,299 2018-08: +29,830 / −6,292 2018-09: +26,312 / −4,878 2018-10: +25,296 / −4,299 2018-11: +68,588 / −8,995 2018-12: +49,885 / −35,043 2019-01: +35,082 / −8,871 2019-02: +34,192 / −5,963 2019-03: +35,272 / −5,236 2019-04: +29,803 / −4,616 2019-05: +28,130 / −4,467 2019-06: +72,414 / −9,413 2019-07: +90,065 / −10,184 2019-08: +28,408 / −4,152 2019-09: +27,057 / −3,568 2019-10: +52,944 / −5,789 2019-11: +200,311 / −22,686 2019-12: +123,114 / −14,973 2020-01: +106,271 / −13,640 2020-02: +98,576 / −12,199 2020-03: +129,384 / −15,919 2020-04: +154,264 / −19,462 2020-05: +134,154 / −16,237 2020-06: +105,266 / −12,827 2020-07: +95,677 / −12,356 2020-08: +91,206 / −12,033 2020-09: +78,638 / −9,689 2020-10: +82,983 / −10,688 2020-11: +123,339 / −13,520 2020-12: +124,355 / −14,052 2021-01: +105,384 / −12,999 2021-02: +86,505 / −10,704 2021-03: +93,466 / −11,791 2021-04: +82,430 / −11,258 2021-05: +76,920 / −11,079 2021-06: +86,148 / −13,458 2021-07: +77,235 / −10,570 2021-08: +78,104 / −10,531 2021-09: +74,696 / −9,909 2021-10: +70,990 / −8,999 2021-11: +69,056 / −8,610 2021-12: +68,383 / −8,724 2022-01: +78,616 / −9,862 2022-02: +71,244 / −8,735 2022-03: +68,066 / −8,200 2022-04: +57,366 / −7,269 2022-05: +56,049 / −7,110 2022-06: +56,873 / −7,444 2022-07: +63,481 / −8,150 2022-08: +71,809 / −9,490 2022-09: +57,430 / −7,128 2022-10: +55,731 / −6,675 2022-11: +55,857 / −6,644 2022-12: +63,834 / −7,258 2023-01: +74,513 / −8,283 2023-02: +67,363 / −7,730 2023-03: +121,419 / −9,876 2023-04: +91,547 / −8,966 2023-05: +74,457 / −7,742 2023-06: +73,956 / −8,395 2023-07: +78,000 / −8,068 2023-08: +74,092 / −8,120 2023-09: +123,959 / −33,709 2023-10: +75,751 / −47,236 2023-11: +46,871 / −17,418 2023-12: +42,277 / −13,785 2024-01: +46,500 / −12,964 2024-02: +53,956 / −14,013 2024-03: +52,831 / −15,393 2024-04: +45,315 / −14,386 2024-05: +46,485 / −11,640 2024-06: +52,768 / −11,937 2024-07: +92,586 / −12,294 2024-08: +59,287 / −13,149 2024-09: +42,907 / −11,137 2024-10: +46,143 / −13,870 2024-11: +44,829 / −10,466 2024-12: +47,689 / −10,513 2025-01: +69,176 / −14,254 2025-02: +69,962 / −14,763 2025-03: +83,567 / −17,117 2025-04: +60,248 / −13,126 2025-05: +60,317 / −14,578 2025-06: +53,052 / −12,610 2025-07: +60,333 / −18,247 2025-08: +62,467 / −15,694 2025-09: +57,587 / −12,989 2025-10: +71,526 / −17,125 2025-11: +69,096 / −13,457 2025-12: +69,461 / −12,677 2026-01: +83,532 / −15,135 2026-02: +74,264 / −13,621 2026-03: +76,991 / −21,389 2026-04: +66,945 / −14,659 2026-05: +61,471 / −14,033 2026-06: +60,343 / −12,678 2026-07: +63,004 / −16,706 2026-08: +64,481 / −18,479 2026-09: +59,600 / −16,392 2026-10: +22,125 / −6,125 2012/052013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Positive share per month (months under 30 reviews omitted)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 86.1% 2012-08: 88.7%2012-09: 91.9%2012-10: 89.6%2012-11: 90.5%2012-12: 90.3%2013-01: 89.8%2013-02: 89.8%2013-03: 90.6%2013-04: 90.3%2013-05: 88.7%2013-06: 89.5%2013-07: 90.7%2013-08: 88.2%2013-09: 89.2%2013-10: 90.3%2013-11: 93.9%2013-12: 95.0%2014-01: 94.9%2014-02: 94.7%2014-03: 94.0%2014-04: 94.9%2014-05: 94.4%2014-06: 95.2%2014-07: 93.9%2014-08: 94.5%2014-09: 93.7%2014-10: 93.3%2014-11: 92.7%2014-12: 93.3%2015-01: 93.5%2015-02: 93.3%2015-03: 93.3%2015-04: 93.0%2015-05: 93.1%2015-06: 92.0%2015-07: 92.1%2015-08: 91.9%2015-09: 91.6%2015-10: 91.8%2015-11: 91.5%2015-12: 88.2%2016-01: 88.2%2016-02: 90.1%2016-03: 90.8%2016-04: 90.9%2016-05: 90.3%2016-06: 89.0%2016-07: 88.5%2016-08: 86.9%2016-09: 86.1%2016-10: 85.3%2016-11: 90.1%2016-12: 87.1%2017-01: 86.8%2017-02: 86.0%2017-03: 87.4%2017-04: 88.2%2017-05: 87.6%2017-06: 86.9%2017-07: 86.2%2017-08: 82.9%2017-09: 83.3%2017-10: 82.6%2017-11: 86.9%2017-12: 85.5%2018-01: 84.5%2018-02: 84.3%2018-03: 81.1%2018-04: 77.8%2018-05: 80.3%2018-06: 81.8%2018-07: 82.3%2018-08: 82.6%2018-09: 84.4%2018-10: 85.5%2018-11: 88.4%2018-12: 58.7%2019-01: 79.8%2019-02: 85.2%2019-03: 87.1%2019-04: 86.6%2019-05: 86.3%2019-06: 88.5%2019-07: 89.8%2019-08: 87.2%2019-09: 88.3%2019-10: 90.1%2019-11: 89.8%2019-12: 89.2%2020-01: 88.6%2020-02: 89.0%2020-03: 89.0%2020-04: 88.8%2020-05: 89.2%2020-06: 89.1%2020-07: 88.6%2020-08: 88.3%2020-09: 89.0%2020-10: 88.6%2020-11: 90.1%2020-12: 89.8%2021-01: 89.0%2021-02: 89.0%2021-03: 88.8%2021-04: 88.0%2021-05: 87.4%2021-06: 86.5%2021-07: 88.0%2021-08: 88.1%2021-09: 88.3%2021-10: 88.7%2021-11: 88.9%2021-12: 88.7%2022-01: 88.9%2022-02: 89.1%2022-03: 89.2%2022-04: 88.8%2022-05: 88.7%2022-06: 88.4%2022-07: 88.6%2022-08: 88.3%2022-09: 89.0%2022-10: 89.3%2022-11: 89.4%2022-12: 89.8%2023-01: 90.0%2023-02: 89.7%2023-03: 92.5%2023-04: 91.1%2023-05: 90.6%2023-06: 89.8%2023-07: 90.6%2023-08: 90.1%2023-09: 78.6%2023-10: 61.6%2023-11: 72.9%2023-12: 75.4%2024-01: 78.2%2024-02: 79.4%2024-03: 77.4%2024-04: 75.9%2024-05: 80.0%2024-06: 81.6%2024-07: 88.3%2024-08: 81.8%2024-09: 79.4%2024-10: 76.9%2024-11: 81.1%2024-12: 81.9%2025-01: 82.9%2025-02: 82.6%2025-03: 83.0%2025-04: 82.1%2025-05: 80.5%2025-06: 80.8%2025-07: 76.8%2025-08: 79.9%2025-09: 81.6%2025-10: 80.7%2025-11: 83.7%2025-12: 84.6%2026-01: 84.7%2026-02: 84.5%2026-03: 78.3%2026-04: 82.0%2026-05: 81.4%2026-06: 82.6%2026-07: 79.0%2026-08: 77.7%2026-09: 78.4%2026-10: 78.3% 2012/052013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01
Reviews per day, last 30 days
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 2026-09-13: +2,014 / −525 2026-09-14: +1,650 / −525 2026-09-15: +1,623 / −652 2026-09-16: +1,644 / −509 2026-09-17: +1,735 / −513 2026-09-18: +1,830 / −503 2026-09-19: +2,083 / −519 2026-09-20: +2,019 / −504 2026-09-21: +1,650 / −468 2026-09-22: +1,655 / −481 2026-09-23: +3,095 / −1,026 2026-09-24: +2,439 / −722 2026-09-25: +2,454 / −630 2026-09-26: +2,334 / −638 2026-09-27: +2,317 / −575 2026-09-28: +1,794 / −509 2026-09-29: +1,826 / −495 2026-09-30: +2,125 / −703 2026-10-01: +2,054 / −601 2026-10-02: +1,946 / −569 2026-10-03: +2,264 / −558 2026-10-04: +2,040 / −533 2026-10-05: +1,751 / −466 2026-10-06: +2,047 / −532 2026-10-07: +1,733 / −515 2026-10-08: +1,728 / −560 2026-10-09: +2,013 / −583 2026-10-10: +2,182 / −554 2026-10-11: +2,124 / −583 2026-10-12: +243 / −71 09/1309/2009/2710/0410/11

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days78.1%75,886
Last 180 days80.1%443,593
All time85.8%9,916,891
Japanese, last 180 days74.9%235

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