For a decade-old game, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was doing great. The mainstream hype surrounding esports might have tapered off in recent years, but Valve's premiere shooter was still putting up chart-topping numbers on Steam. Now, just a few days after Valve confirmed Counter-Strike 2, CS:GO is more popular than ever.
As of the moment, a little over 1.1 million people are playing CS:GO. The last time CS:GO hit these many players was close to two years ago. However, what's even more amazing is the game peaked at 1,507,212, as per SteamDB.
The best part is that this is arguably just the culmination of a months-long resurgence in the popularity of CS:GO.
A closer look at the data shows that CS:GO has maintained a million-strong player count since December 8. This is the first time the game's concurrent players didn't go below a million in three years. The last time it happened was from March 5, 2020, through May 28, 2020, when it peaked at 1,308,963 players.