Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- Linux · PC · Mac
- Mode
- Multiplayer
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- None
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Counter-Strike is a team-based multiplayer tactical first-person shooter in which players join either the Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist side and compete in objective-based rounds. The primary game modes involve bomb defusal and hostage rescue, played across designated maps. Players purchase weapons and equipment between rounds using money earned from eliminations and completed objectives, and eliminated players must wait until the next round to respawn. Originally a fan-made modification for Half-Life created by Minh Le and Jess Cliffe in 1999, it was acquired by Valve and released as a standalone retail product in 2000, becoming one of the most influential first-person shooters and spawning multiple sequels including Counter-Strike: Source, Global Offensive, and Counter-Strike 2.
- Action
- Warfare
- modern warfare
- bloody
- gravity
- competitive
- death
- soldier
- military
- steam
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 83 / 100 · 764 players
- Critics
- 70 / 100 · 2 critics
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- Valve, Vivendi Universal
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.









