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2000

Counter-Strike

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