How many people are playing Counter-Strike: Source right now?

Counter-Strike: Source has 1,270 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 4,065 and an all-time peak of 60,896 on Sept 2025.

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

60,896 concurrent players on Sept 2025.

When was Counter-Strike: Source released on Steam?

Counter-Strike: Source was released on Steam on 1 Nov 2004.

Counter-Strike: Source Configuration

PICS config · launch options

Configuration

5 launch options

#	Executable	Arguments	Type	OS	Description
0	cstrike.exe	-steam	—	windows	—
2	cstrike.sh	-steam	—	linux	—
4	cstrike_win64.exe	-steam	—	windows	—
5	hl2.exe	-steam -game cstrike	—	windows	Play Previous Build Branch
6	hl2.sh	-steam -game cstrike	—	linux	Play Previous Build Branch

Key	Value
installdir	Counter-Strike Source
signedfiles.hl2.exe	30819D300D06092A864886F70D010101050003818B0030818702818100B1260881BDFE84463D88C6AB8DB914A2E593893C10508B8A5ABDF692E9A5419A3EDBAE86A052849983B75E3B425C18178B260003D857DF0B6505C6CF9C84F5859FCE3B63F1FB2D4818501F6C5FA4AD1430EEB081A74ABD74CD1F4AA1FCCA3B88DD0548AED34443CEB52444EAE9099AA4FE66B2E6224D02381C248025C7044079020111
signedfiles.prec.dll	30819D300D06092A864886F70D010101050003818B0030818702818100BA240326DFC66BFDC28782BD644FC3BAB284F4A07554E17A8DA6CCA0B4AFBFC9BAB2938846D7595BC7A560FF6215C670C74EEB9D118DE9FC0E8ED0A18DD24D8DBAE8B950C6C062BA5DEFDECB967745C53433839EB7B1A6CA340D0E48273E18AB87106FBD22AC32B2776092E924D3C414DC3328735E984E4A1B1B4E72B0F41017020111
signedfiles.client.dll	30819D300D06092A864886F70D010101050003818B0030818702818100B1260881BDFE84463D88C6AB8DB914A2E593893C10508B8A5ABDF692E9A5419A3EDBAE86A052849983B75E3B425C18178B260003D857DF0B6505C6CF9C84F5859FCE3B63F1FB2D4818501F6C5FA4AD1430EEB081A74ABD74CD1F4AA1FCCA3B88DD0548AED34443CEB52444EAE9099AA4FE66B2E6224D02381C248025C7044079020111
signedfiles.engine.dll	30819D300D06092A864886F70D010101050003818B0030818702818100B1260881BDFE84463D88C6AB8DB914A2E593893C10508B8A5ABDF692E9A5419A3EDBAE86A052849983B75E3B425C18178B260003D857DF0B6505C6CF9C84F5859FCE3B63F1FB2D4818501F6C5FA4AD1430EEB081A74ABD74CD1F4AA1FCCA3B88DD0548AED34443CEB52444EAE9099AA4FE66B2E6224D02381C248025C7044079020111
signedfiles.server.dll	30819D300D06092A864886F70D010101050003818B0030818702818100B1260881BDFE84463D88C6AB8DB914A2E593893C10508B8A5ABDF692E9A5419A3EDBAE86A052849983B75E3B425C18178B260003D857DF0B6505C6CF9C84F5859FCE3B63F1FB2D4818501F6C5FA4AD1430EEB081A74ABD74CD1F4AA1FCCA3B88DD0548AED34443CEB52444EAE9099AA4FE66B2E6224D02381C248025C7044079020111
signedfiles.sourcevr.dll	30819D300D06092A864886F70D010101050003818B0030818702818100BA240326DFC66BFDC28782BD644FC3BAB284F4A07554E17A8DA6CCA0B4AFBFC9BAB2938846D7595BC7A560FF6215C670C74EEB9D118DE9FC0E8ED0A18DD24D8DBAE8B950C6C062BA5DEFDECB967745C53433839EB7B1A6CA340D0E48273E18AB87106FBD22AC32B2776092E924D3C414DC3328735E984E4A1B1B4E72B0F41017020111
app_mappings.0.tool	SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper
app_mappings.0.platform	linux
systemprofile	1
uselaunchcommandline	1