Possible Reason for Train’s Removal from CS2: Low Popularity and FPS Issues

Train was to become one of the most unpopular maps of Counter-Strike 2 by the end of 2025, which probably led to it not being available as a map in the Premier mode. This is shown by statistics released by the analytic service Leetify, after completion of the season.

According to the statistics, players played around 1.7 million matches on Train in 2025 out of 41.3 million Premier matches in total. Only Vertigo recorded worse numbers, with 206.2 thousand matches, highlighting a general decline in interest in these maps among the core player base.

Dataminer Thour believes that the low number of matches was the key factor behind the decision to remove Train. According to him, the map may also have been excluded due to poor optimization and low average FPS, which is especially critical for the competitive Premier mode. Thour noted that Train was likely the only map with performance metrics that poor.

Valve will officially remove Train from the map pool on January 19, after the conclusion of the third Premier season. It will be replaced by Anubis, a map that is already well known to players and actively used on the professional scene.

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The map rotation that has been confirmed by the organizers of the tournaments means that Train is not only disappearing from matches but from the map pool in the world of esports. It seems that low popularity and bugs have led to the ending of the story of one of the most legendary maps in the Counter-Strike series.