Fire Sale
Today's update includes some love for the CT economy, with price cuts to the M4A4 and Incendiary grenade, and a bit less cash going to the T's when the bomb gets defused.
CS2 Updates & Patch Notes
Every Counter-Strike 2 update Valve has published, in full. Release notes, map changes, Armory and case drops, Major announcements — each one dated, categorised, and linked back to the original post.
270Updates archived
208Release notes
2,542Individual changes
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On The Other Hand...
Today's update includes a bunch of quality-of-life improvements that touch upon every part of the game, from maps to UI to gameplay. A few highlights are below, but check out the release…
Release Note for 3/8/2024
Fixed a threading bug that could lead to a frame rate hitch, especially if all CPUs were busy.
Release Note for 12/21/2023
Misc
2024 Service Medal
Celebrate your time in CS2 with the all-new 2024 Service Medal, available starting January 1st!
Welcome Home
Come take a look around. Counter-Strike 2 is the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history, supporting new features today and updates for years to come.
Your Time is Now
Today we’re updating the CS2 Limited Test with a new map (Inferno!) and the all new CS Rating.
CS2 update questions
How often does Counter-Strike 2 get an update?
Valve ships small updates most weeks — usually community map refreshes, gameplay fixes and map-scripting additions — with a larger release every few months that brings a new Premier season, Armory collections or an operation. Every one of them is listed here, newest first.
Where do these patch notes come from?
Straight from Valve. This archive reads Counter-Strike's official Steam announcement feed, so each entry is the release note Valve published, with a link to the original post. Nothing is rewritten or summarised away.
How quickly do new updates appear here?
Within about 15 minutes of Valve posting. The feed is re-read on a short interval, so a build that ships in the evening shows up here the same evening.
Do CS2 updates move skin prices?
Frequently. Case and collection changes, Armory rotations, operation launches and Major shop releases all change what is available and what people are buying. When an update touches items, open the skin or case page to see what actually happened to the price around that date.
What do the section names on each update mean?
They are Valve's own headings. "Gameplay" covers mechanics and weapon behaviour, "Maps" lists per-map fixes and Workshop refreshes, "Map scripting" is the scripting API for custom maps, "Armory" and "Misc" cover items and everything else. Each update card lists the sections that build touched.