Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) has passed its all-time concurrent player peak on PC yet again – mere months before the sequel comes out.
According to SteamDB, more than 1.8 million people were playing CS:GO simultaneously this past Saturday (thanks, Eurogamer). Not only does that staggering number shatter the game’s previous record, but it’s also the second-highest concurrent player record in Steam’s history – coming in behind PUBG: Battlegrounds, which still holds the platform record at 3.2 million concurrent players set five years ago. We probably won’t see that number toppled anytime soon, frankly.
CS:GO came out way back on August 21, 2012 – so for it to be setting records 11 years after release is borderline unprecedented. For context: other popular multiplayer games released in 2012 include Borderlands 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and Diablo 3 – none of which have had anywhere close to the staying power of CS:GO.
It’s particularly impressive since Counter-Strike 2 is just around the corner. The sequel’s sudden announcement gave us only a few details, but developer Valve Software did state that it’ll launch sometime this summer. Counter-Strike 2 will be a free upgrade to CS:GO – allowing players the opportunity to bring all their skins and cosmetics to the sequel.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
