Counter-Strike breaks record and reaches worst player average of 2023

Since its launch, Valve has been dedicated to making the Counter-Strike 2 in a good game for its community, however, it has received several criticisms about the state of the game. A reflection of this is the state of the game in the last 30 days: according to the Steam Chartsthe game reached its worst player average in the year 2023.

The statistics collected by the portal take into account not only the audience of Counter-Strike 2, but also that of its older brother, the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). In total, in the last 30 days around 722 thousand players were on the FPS servers, configuring a loss of 69 thousand players compared to the month of October.

Before reaching the worst player average of the year in the last 30 days, the month of January had been the worst for the franchise in 2023 – and despite the low number, there was an increase in the number of players compared to December 2022. At the time, Valve’s FPS reached an average number of players of just 726 thousand.

On the other hand, the months of May and June were very good for the game. In the middle of the year was when Counter-Strike reached its peak, reaching the mark of more than one million active players in the two months mentioned above. Between November last year and May this year, CS recorded a good record, with positive gains in relation to the average number of players.

With the numbers falling in June and July, the hype surrounding the release of Counter-Strike 2 in September caused the numbers to rise again in the months of August and September. However, after this period, the numbers dropped again.

Although there is no specific reason for the franchise’s bad moment, It can be speculated that the reasons are the current state of the game and the high number of cheaters present in it.. Over the past few weeks, professional players like Oleksandr “s1mple” have been expressing their frustrations with CS2 on social media, as have personalities from other sports such as NFL athlete, Graham Glasgow.