Counter-Strike 2 leak reveals leaderboards and ranked seasons finally coming in CS2

Following the latest update to the Counter-Strike 2 limited-test beta, data miners have uncovered files that indicate seasons of ranked competitive play and in-game leaderboards will be in the CS:GO sequel.

Counter-Strike 2 is slated for a Summer release sometime this year, and with its hotly anticipated launch coming soon, Valve has been updating the closed beta regularly. From debuting revamped maps in Source 2 to letting players discover the game’s new physics, there’s been plenty to keep fans hooked.

CS:GO already has a basic rank system, where players can progress through ranks from Silver to Global Elite based on their wins, losses and performances. However, it has long been criticized for lacking features many other ranked modes in other games have.

These include leaderboards, in-game tournaments, and seasons where ranks are reset. CS:GO also does not indicate to the player how close they are to ranking up or down, leaving it to the imagination. Rival games like Valorant and Apex Legends show what players will need to do in order to rank up.

Leaderboards and seasons in CS2

This information comes via reliable Counter-Strike data miner Aquarius, who has been busy checking through the CS2 files with each new update.

“Latest major @CounterStrike 2 update indicates that the Premier Competitive mode will get an overhaul featuring ‘seasons’,” Aquarius posted, with a screenshot showing “Premier 1: official_leaderboard_premier_season1_name” and “Beta Season”.

Aquarius found that the Premier Competitive mode will have seasons that would reset the leaderboard every few months, alongside a global leaderboard that could be sorted by region as well. 

These will display a player’s name, rank, wins, winrate, global percentile, and ‘CS Rating’.

CS Rating is expected to be similar to a HLTV or Leetify rating, which combines various stats like, kills, deaths, assists, impact, ADR, and more to provide a single rating of how well a player is performing.

Ranging from 0.00 to 35.00, every 5.00 increment is a different color and most likely the higher the number the better the rank. 

And in the Premier mode viewable in Counter-Strike 2’s main menu, you can see extra statistics like the map winrate of your squad, detailed stats of individual players, and CS Rating too. 

also guessed that it may be two seasons per year which would line up with the planned CS2 Majors in Spring and Fall. 

The first season is called ‘Beta Season’ (although this could simply be a placeholder for now). Aquarius also shared that it appears, based on the game files, that there will be two season each year, Spring and Fall.

Aquarius guessed that it may be two seasons per year which would line up with the planned CS2 Majors in Spring and Fall. 

Many of these features seem to be very close to the matchmaking services FACEIT provides, which is the preferred matchmaking system high-elo CS players have traditionally used. As CSGO’s matchmaking system has been riddled with many problems over the years. 

However, all of this is obviously subject to change. CS2 is still in its closed beta as Valve figures out its kinks before the full launch later this year.