Counter-Strike 2 has a chance to become Valve’s lowest-rated game

Counter-Strike 2 has failed to make a dream launch, as evidenced by Steam statistics, where the game is currently receiving “mixed” reviews. This makes the shooter the second lowest-rated product in Valve’s catalog.

Counter-Strike 2 did not get a separate tab on Steam, simply taking the place of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Because of this, the game retained over 7 million reviews, the majority of which remain positive. Reviews for the new version can be found under the «recent reviews» tab, meaning those posted over the past month.

Here, the situation is less rosy. Approximately 68% of more than 160,000 players gave it a positive rating. While not a disaster on the scale of the Overwatch 2 launch, it is the only such game from Valve, Artifact aside (46% overall and 69% in recent reviews).

There are several reasons: the loudest outcry was caused by the removal of CS:GO achievements from players’ accounts. Fans also disliked the changes to the competitive ranking system, where ranks now have to be earned separately on each map.

In addition, balance changes were introduced that many believe overcomplicate the gameplay. A lot of content available in the original game was removed, and critics also took aim at changes to the shop interface, which allegedly became less intuitive.

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