Counter-Strike 2 Just Broke The All-Time High Player Peak Record Yet Again

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Counter-Strike 2 keeps breaking the all-time high record for peak concurrent players on Steam. It seems as though a new record is being set every week at this point, and the latest figure is a doozy. Hours ago, the game hit 1.82 million peak players, which represents solid growth since the last time the record was broken with 1.74 million peak players.

As I write this, 1.5 million people around the world are playing Counter-Strike 2. The next top title on Steam is PUBG, the free-to-play battle royale game, which has 659,000 people playing.

Nothing comes close to Counter-Strike 2.

Here We Are Again

Counter-Strike 2 has secured another peak player record, and at this point, it’s becoming at least a monthly affair. More people are playing Counter-Strike than ever before, and it never leaves the top spot on Steam unless something remarkable hits the market, like Palworld.

It doesn’t end there, though.

Among all games on Twitch, Counter-Strike 2 currently holds the crown with an impressive 381,000 concurrent viewers. Just Chatting comes in second place with 316,000 viewers, and the third most popular game is Dota 2, which has 183,000 viewers at this moment.

It helps that Counter-Strike 2 has a phenomenally popular esports scene, and that’s where much of the viewership and player count records come from. Most of the top channels on Twitch broadcasting Counter-Strike 2 are co-streaming the ESL Pro League, which is unfolding as you read this.

Whenever a top-tier esports tournament unravels in the Counter-Strike 2 space, it makes people flood the game, all eager to replicate what they’ve seen the best Counter-Strike players do on stream.

Have you recently played Counter-Strike 2? It’s possible that you are currently engaged in a game, joining a match while reading this. Share your experience with us in the comments below.

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2025-03-15 19:19