A few years ago, Valve decided its flagship title was a relic of the past, one that needed to be sacrificed so that another more advanced game could take its place. However, not everyone shared this mindset with the Seattle-based company and as soon as the game was back on its platform, tens of thousands jumped to play it once more.
And now it is the 28th most-played game on Steam by concurrent numbers. I am, of course, talking about Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve’s 2013 sleeper hit that became a, well, global phenomenon and the most popular first-person shooter on the market. In September 2023, just around 10 years after the original came out, Valve shut the game down and replaced it with CS2, an evolved and supposedly improved title.
