Valve has brought the classic Counter-Strike: Global Offensive back to Steam as a standalone game with its own page — three years after it was replaced by Counter-Strike 2. Players reacted immediately: the concurrent player count has already reached more than 40,000 users, while the daily peak has exceeded 61,000. It’s an impressive start, although a quick look at Twitch and YouTube makes it clear why — the game has sparked real hype.
At the time of writing, CS:GO is already surpassing several titles on Steam Charts, including Team Fortress 2, Deadlock, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. This is quite a significant result for an older game, although a decline in player numbers should be expected, as the current surge is largely driven by nostalgia. The game will no longer receive updates, while further development will continue to focus on CS2, just as it has over the past three years.
As a reminder, Changes to positions on Inferno and new skin selling mechanics — a new update in Counter-Strike 2.