How many people are playing Counter-Strike right now?

Counter-Strike has 7,275 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 12,373 and an all-time peak of 65,188 on Jan 2013.

What is the all-time peak player count of Counter-Strike?

65,188 concurrent players on Jan 2013.

Counter-Strike was released on Steam on 1 Nov 2000.

GameApp ID 10by ValveReleased 1 Nov 2000

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