In anticipation of the imminent release of Counter-Strike 2, the player counts for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam continues to shatter previous records. Compiling a list of Steam’s most popular titles is only possible with including the well-known first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in at least one entry. It has millions of players all across the world, making it one of the first-person shooters that hold the record for most played of all time. With the impending release of Counter-Strike 2, the video game’s popularity is only growing.
The number of people playing the shooter is steadily increasing overall, although occasional player count drops occur here and there. The first version of CS:GO was released back in 2012, which means that the game’s continued success after more than a decade is even more impressive. Unsurprisingly, the strategic game has shattered another one of its play rate records by reaching an all-time high of more than 1.8 million players. The previous high score was achieved in February of 2023, when approximately 1.3 million people were playing the game simultaneously.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s play rate record has been broken again.
On May 6, CSGO gamers achieved an all-time high of 1,818,773, setting a new record. This number had never been seen before in the game’s history, and it came in after the player count had experienced a variety of drops and spikes. It is also now the game with the most in-game purchases made through Steam’s shop, making it the best-selling game overall.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has the most concurrent players compared to other competitive first-person shooters. Daily, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege has an average of approximately 45,000 active players, reaching about 75,000 during the game’s peak hours. Because of this, it is not difficult to comprehend why Counter-Strike has such outstanding figures, particularly when considering the game’s advanced age. Over one million players are actively participating in the online version of the tactical game, reaching nearly two million during peak hours.
Because Counter-Strike 2 is more of an engine improvement than a full-on sequel, as its name would imply, it will entirely replace CSGO when it is released later this year. It is still being determined whether or not CS2 will be able to keep up the positive momentum it has been enjoying once it is made available to the public.
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