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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Original title: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - August 21, 2012

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Stars:Alain Aouad, Chris Fries, Dempsey Pappion - Full View

Soundtrack:Original in-game music by Mike Morasky; the 2014 'Music Kits' update let players replace it with commissioned artist soundtracks

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Game Details

Developer

Hidden Path Entertainment

Publisher

Valve

Studio

Valve

Genres

Shooter, Tactical

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Mac, Linux

Release Date

August 21, 2012

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

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Darren Korb

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Jesse Harlin

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Kelly Bailey

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Troels B. Folmann

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2016

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Data aggregated from 4 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, Wikidata

Last updated: 26.07.2026

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Free-to-play since December 2018

peaked at ~1.4 million concurrent Steam players (March 2023); among Steam's most-played and highest-grossing titles

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Sold at $14.99 from 2012 until the December 2018 free-to-play switch; Valve discloses no revenue. A third-party analytics estimate put lifetime revenue near $6.7B — estimate only, not Valve-official.

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PEGI 18

USK 16

CLASS_IND 14

ACB MA 15+

ESRB M

Game Features

Intense Violence

Steam Cloud

System Requirements

Minimum

OS:Windows® 7/Vista/XP

CPU:Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better

RAM:2 GB RAM

GPU:Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0

Storage:15 GB available space

DirectX:Version 9.0c

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Data aggregated from 4 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, Wikidata

Last updated: 26.07.2026

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