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Counter-Strike: Source cover art

Counter-Strike: Source

Valve · 2004-11-01

Steam

Action

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 05, 2013 (Linux), Jun 23, 2010 (Mac), Oct 07, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.

Counter-Strike: Source is an Action game released in 2004, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 193213 reviews).

1,854
playing now
96%
positive of 194k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
44
twitch viewers (latest)
8.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (539 ratings)
35
Nexus mods (15k downloads)
1337h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1,854 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Counter-Strike: Source is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios. Released in October 2004 for Windows, it is a remake of Counter-Strike (2000) using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won either by completing an objective or by eliminating all members of the enemy team. The game was initially bundled with all retail and digital copies of Half-Life 2, before being released standalone.

Trailer

Counter-Strike: Source trailer thumbnail

Counter-Strike: Source 2004 Trailer (HD)

≈424,806 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,854 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,118 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~765/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 7.8M–16M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 193,826 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.1k3.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3,051 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,932 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,241 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,647 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,734 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,392 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,597 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,361 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,367 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,813 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,051 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 864 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,651 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,734 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,732 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,062 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,017 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 926 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,218 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,687 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,063 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,173 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,442 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,620 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,208 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 784 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,058 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,326 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,487 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,669 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,728 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 921 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,747 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,821 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,387 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,512 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,233 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,448 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,380 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 995 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,358 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 873 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,690 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,114 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 702 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,453 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 728 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,180 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 991 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,087 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,172 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 987 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.1k1.2k2026-09-15 11:00 — 1,955 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 2,802 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,374 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 2,268 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4,040 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,544 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,587 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3,459 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,861 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,843 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 3,029 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,806 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,292 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,040 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 3,166 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 1,471 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,732 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 3,009 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,433 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,727 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 4,066 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,587 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,854 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40k2.3kJul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 27,970 · peak 47,909Dec 2012 — avg 22,041 · peak 44,160May 2013 — avg 16,633 · peak 32,727Oct 2013 — avg 15,001 · peak 29,641Mar 2014 — avg 14,475 · peak 27,582Aug 2014 — avg 12,368 · peak 21,069Jan 2015 — avg 12,402 · peak 24,519Jun 2015 — avg 8,345 · peak 14,866Nov 2015 — avg 7,537 · peak 14,300Apr 2016 — avg 6,839 · peak 12,774Sep 2016 — avg 5,492 · peak 10,083Feb 2017 — avg 6,286 · peak 11,557Jul 2017 — avg 4,837 · peak 8,619Dec 2017 — avg 5,071 · peak 9,828May 2018 — avg 4,035 · peak 7,144Oct 2018 — avg 3,735 · peak 7,121Mar 2019 — avg 4,042 · peak 7,530Aug 2019 — avg 3,490 · peak 6,028Jan 2020 — avg 4,081 · peak 7,846Jun 2020 — avg 4,136 · peak 7,341Nov 2020 — avg 3,791 · peak 7,245Apr 2021 — avg 5,050 · peak 8,698Sep 2021 — avg 3,037 · peak 5,637Feb 2022 — avg 5,732 · peak 8,891Jul 2022 — avg 5,364 · peak 7,498Dec 2022 — avg 3,281 · peak 5,944May 2023 — avg 2,597 · peak 4,803Oct 2023 — avg 3,043 · peak 5,444Mar 2024 — avg 7,035 · peak 12,576Aug 2024 — avg 10,284 · peak 15,935Jan 2025 — avg 10,444 · peak 16,783Jun 2025 — avg 10,349 · peak 17,527Nov 2025 — avg 10,547 · peak 19,057Apr 2026 — avg 29,667 · peak 40,151Aug 2026 — avg 2,341 · peak 4,112
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
42422026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 8 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 24 new positive2026-09-26: 10 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 21 new positive2026-09-29: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 10 new positive2026-10-02: 26 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 30 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 38 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 25 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 42 new positive2026-10-08: 18 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 37 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 31 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 20 new positive2026-10-13: 16 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-16 — best price $19.992015-06-23 — best price $19.992015-07-21 — best price $4.992015-11-26 — best price $4.992016-01-04 — best price $29.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-03-31 — best price $6.792016-10-23 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $6.792017-07-05 — best price $19.992018-02-15 — best price $6.792018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $2.492019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-09-12 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-31 — best price $9.892024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-05 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2321352026-05-30 — 168 pageviews2026-06-03 — 172 pageviews2026-06-07 — 142 pageviews2026-06-11 — 147 pageviews2026-06-15 — 148 pageviews2026-06-19 — 222 pageviews2026-06-23 — 177 pageviews2026-06-27 — 170 pageviews2026-07-01 — 190 pageviews2026-07-05 — 183 pageviews2026-07-09 — 166 pageviews2026-07-13 — 162 pageviews2026-07-17 — 139 pageviews2026-07-21 — 148 pageviews2026-07-25 — 168 pageviews2026-07-29 — 148 pageviews2026-08-02 — 188 pageviews2026-08-06 — 181 pageviews2026-08-10 — 161 pageviews2026-08-14 — 148 pageviews2026-08-18 — 145 pageviews2026-08-22 — 169 pageviews2026-08-26 — 195 pageviews2026-08-30 — 223 pageviews2026-09-03 — 170 pageviews2026-09-07 — 170 pageviews2026-09-11 — 178 pageviews2026-09-15 — 165 pageviews2026-09-19 — 145 pageviews2026-09-23 — 203 pageviews2026-09-27 — 217 pageviews2026-10-01 — 180 pageviews2026-10-05 — 200 pageviews2026-10-08 — 179 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

87002026-09-30 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 51 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 13 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 44 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
62.9%
earned "Points in Your Favor"
36.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSurround SoundSteam Cloud

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)185,3563%147

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPWarActionShooterMilitaryModdableStrategyTacticale-sports

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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