Valve Clamps Down on Counter-Strike 2 Farmer Bots With 960,000 VAC Bans in One Day

Aside from the recent accusations made in court by the New York State Attorney General, Valve’s Counter-Strike 2 _has a bit of a sordid history when it comes to case farmers and bots, thanks to its strong in-game item economy, which raked in over $1 billion in 2025. In a recent post on Reddit, Valve’s Ido Magal revealed that the gaming giant has just issued 960,000 bans using Valve Anti-Cheat.

These sorts of bans are often celebrated by the Counter-Strike community, because, aside from interfering with the CS2 skin and key market, farming accounts generally have a negative effect on gameplay, either throwing matches by being AFK in-game or by having the match played by bots. After revealing the ban wave, Magal encourages players to report farming bans by email (csgoteamfeedback@valvesoftware.com).

Yesterday we banned 960,000 farming bot accounts.

This was the result of a bunch of investigation that benefited from user reports. Thank you.

To send us reports of bots, email csgoteamfeedback@valvesoftware.com, subject “Farming Bot Report”.

Cheers