CS:GO's peak player count exceeded 1.5 million

CS:GO has set a new player count record, as today, March 25, the SteamDB service recorded 1,507,212 concurrent users on the servers of Valve's shooter.

CS:GO's popularity has been growing for the past month and a half, when rumors about the imminent game's port to the Source 2 engine have become more frequent. On February 11, the player count peaked at 1,320,219, which was the best result since 2020, and then was updated seven more times.

Along with the peak player count, the average number of concurrent players on CS:GO servers is also growing. In March, this statistics reached 830k, which was still 27.5k less than the record set three years ago.

Several days earlier, Valve announced the Counter-Strike 2 release, which will take place this summer. It was also revealed that the company will stop supporting CS:GO pro scene after BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and will run the first CS2 Major in March 2024.

Origin: steamdb.info