CS:GO peak concurrent player number on Steam 2016-2023
In September 2023, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) had 1.55 million peak concurrent players on Steam. This figure had previously peaked in April 2020 at nearly 1.3 million players, no doubt in part due to the coronavirus pandemic which spread across the world in 2020. As millions of people were encouraged and, in some cases, legally required to stay at home, many people turned to video gaming as a form of entertainment.
Despite the fact that CS:GO was released some seven years ago in August 2012, the game is still very popular online and has developed a cult following. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series of games. As with its predecessors, the game takes the form of a multiplayer first-person shooter in which two teams are pitted against each other in a variety of different game modes.
While millions of gamers have fun playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, millions more watch official tournaments online. With such a large fanbase, it is unsurprising that these eSports tournaments are worth big money. The annual cumulative tournament prize pool for the game stood at 16.4 million U.S. dollars in 2022, a significant decrease from the previous year. Gamers are therefore in line for big paydays if they do well in these tournaments, with Peter Rasmussen, known by his online alias, dupreeh, currently leading the earnings table for CS:GO eSports players.
Counter Strike still going strong
Despite the fact that CS:GO was released some seven years ago in August 2012, the game is still very popular online and has developed a cult following. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series of games. As with its predecessors, the game takes the form of a multiplayer first-person shooter in which two teams are pitted against each other in a variety of different game modes.
Not just a game for the gamers
While millions of gamers have fun playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, millions more watch official tournaments online. With such a large fanbase, it is unsurprising that these eSports tournaments are worth big money. The annual cumulative tournament prize pool for the game stood at 16.4 million U.S. dollars in 2022, a significant decrease from the previous year. Gamers are therefore in line for big paydays if they do well in these tournaments, with Peter Rasmussen, known by his online alias, dupreeh, currently leading the earnings table for CS:GO eSports players.
