Counter-Strike

ValveReleased November 1, 2000

ActionStrategy Multiplayer PvP Military First-Person

GameValio recommendationMaybe

Not urgent, but worth watching: it's in a reasonable spot without being an obvious must-buy.

Fan favorite (170,277 reviews)
Wait for a sale
Smaller community

Why “Maybe”

The ring is the score: filled up to 63 out of 100. Each colour is what one signal added; the five bands below show where the score landed.

Skip This
Wait for Sale
Maybe
Worth It
Great Deal

Where to buy

1 store · lowest price first

Steam Cheapest Official store · Price set 14 days ago$9.99Buy

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Behind the recommendation

How we got to this score: each signal, the factors behind it and the data that feeds it.

Value39/100

$9.99: very accessible price

Source: prices from the stores we track, compared with this game's own price history.

Price history

Now $9.99Lowest recorded $1.99

Quality95/100

97% positive (170,277 reviews): overwhelmingly positive
Metacritic 88/100: high marks from professional reviewers
170,277 reviews: very large sample

Source: Steam reviews and Metacritic, collected daily.

Steam review score 97% · Overwhelmingly PositivePositive 165kNegative 5k

Popularity45/100

13,348 concurrent players: very healthy
170,277 total reviews: among the most reviewed on Steam

Source: Steam concurrent players and review volume, collected daily.

Daily peak concurrent players

Players now 13kPeak in period 13k

Game details

Developers: Valve
Publishers: Valve
Release date: November 1, 2000
Platforms: Linux, Windows, MacOs
Steam recs: 168,319
Supported languages: 8 languages, 8 with full audioSee the list
English (audio) · French (audio) · German (audio) · Italian (audio) · Spanish - Spain (audio) · Simplified Chinese (audio) · Traditional Chinese (audio) · Korean (audio)
Categories: Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP +7See the list
Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Stereo Sound · Valve Anti-Cheat enabled · Family Sharing