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.ĭespite 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. 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. In September 2023, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) had 1.55 million peak concurrent players on Steam.
