Counter-Strike 2 might be the biggest game on Steam, but Global Offensive is breaking player count records since it went standalone again

<img src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wVpHPL9ydYs2bbARuj4eRe-1280-80.jpg"/><br><br> nytime you're talking about the hottest game on Steam, there's an evergreen unspoken caveat: 'after Counter-Strike, of course.' CS2 is unquestionably Steam's killer app—it has <a href="https://steamdb.info/app/730/charts/" target="_blank">well over a million concurrent players</a> as I write this according to SteamDB, and it's showing no signs of slowing down. But don't count out the game it <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/counter-strike-2-released/">once absorbed</a> and <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/counter-strike-global-offensive-is-back-3-years-after-it-was-muscled-out-by-counter-strike-2-cs-go-has-its-own-steam-page-again-and-has-powered-its-way-back-onto-steams-most-played-chart/">then spat out</a>: its predecessor, Global Offensive... <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/counter-strike-2-might-be-the-biggest-game-on-steam-but-global-offensive-is-breaking-player-count-records-since-it-went-standalone-again/?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank">Read more.</a>