Counter-Strike: Global Offensive continues to amaze. The game has just set a new activity record on Steam, helped by renewed interest in the brand sparked by the announcement of Counter-Strike 2.
counter strike offensive global set a new activity record on Steam.
- Yesterday, at the hottest hour of the day, CS:GO was played by 1,507,212 concurrent players.
- It’s been a great year for the game so far: Over the past two months, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has set new player count records multiple times.
- The increased interest in CS: RI in recent days is partly due to the announcement of Counter-Strike 2, which will replace Global Offensive in a few months.
- CS:GO is also very popular on Twitch: yesterday, at the hottest hour of the day, 396,000 viewers watched the game’s streams at the same time.
- Gamers’ love for CS:GO can also be seen by looking at their reviews on Steam: counting those posted since the day of release, 88% of them praise the game, and if we don’t considers that those of the last thirty days, The share of positive ratings amounts to 92%.
Source: Steam DB.
This all goes to show just how awesome Counter-Strike still is. Years pass and CS:GO continues to grow in popularity. Thanks to Counter-Strike 2, we can expect this hot streak to continue for much longer.
remember that CS2 is set to debut this summer. The game will be released as a free update for counter strike offensive global. The transition to the new incarnation should be smooth – Valve will not change the architecture of familiar maps, and moreover, players will keep all their CS:GO equipment, although at the same time all these elements will be updated visually.
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam