CS:GO’s peak player count was monolithic, with the game gaining nearly unmatched levels of hype in May 2023 to hit a player peak of 1.81 million players. Now, despite CS2 having slightly lower player counts for a while after release, it has finally toppled its predecessor.
A number of factors from frustration with Counter-Strike 2’s changes to the formula to its increased minimum requirements making it harder to run, it had a few factors working against it.
Although Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) continued to thrive, another Valve tactical shooter game found itself overshadowed by its success. Regardless of replacing it entirely, this game never scaled the heights CS:GO did in popularity.
That is, until now.
Counter-Strike 2 sets new Steam record
With a player count peaking at 1,824,989 players, Counter-Strike 2 has officially eclipsed CS:GO’s previous player count record of 1,818,773. Even Valve acknowledged it.
Thanks a million.
1,824,989 to be exact.
— CS2 (@CounterStrike) March 15, 2025
After Steam surpassed its previous peak of 40 million simultaneous users and the CS:GO skin market reached an unprecedented market value of $4.28 billion, this signifies a significant milestone in the gaming industry.
With its massive global popularity and recent surge on Steam, it’s clear that the phenomenon of Counter-Strike is not showing any signs of abating.
However, this record doesn’t make it the most played Steam game of all time, not by a longshot.
PUBG, Black Myth: Wukong, and Palworld now have it handily beat according to Steamdb’s info. CS:GO is now technically the 5th most played game even if it doesn’t show up on the list, followed by Monster Hunter Wilds in 6th place.
In the last 24 hours at the time of writing, however, PUBG is the next closest at 877k. It has more than double the player count of any other game on the platform currently, making it far and away the most popular game on Steam right now.
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2025-03-15 21:19