CS:GO keeps on smashing its own all-time concurrent user peak

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) has smashed its all-time concurrent PC user peak. Yes, again.

Clocking up a record 1.5 million concurrent players earlier today (thanks, SteamDB), that means CS:GO now sports Steam’s second-biggest concurrent players record ever.

Whilst it still has some ways to go to take the top spot – pole position holder PUBG Battlegrounds’ concurrent record is twice as high at CS:GO’s at 3.2 million – it’s an incredible feat for a decade-old shooter.

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