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Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.

Release DateNov 1, 2004
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)96.3% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 5% / 96.2%  Top 5%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.9% Top 1% / 95%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)112.8K  Top 1% / 165.9K  Top 1%
Curators663 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time43.9 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar4.4 hours  Top 2%
Followers439.5K  Top 1%
Owners± 17.5M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 10.3M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 87.3M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Counter-Strike: Source steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Counter-Strike: Source's Steam rating and reviews from October 2010 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (November 2010) and 95.8% (May 2019), with relatively small variations.

With its 165.9K reviews Top 1%, Counter-Strike: Source is indisputably a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Counter-Strike: Source and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Counter-Strike: Source's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (35%), followed by Russian (31%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 29 languages represented. The game has been translated in 12 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Counter-Strike: Source percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Counter-Strike: Source, comparing positive and negative reviews. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 447 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.2 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Counter-Strike: Source players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 157 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • community
  • gameplay
  • weapons balance
  • card design
  • movement system
  • controls
  • AI improvement
  • physics engine
  • graphics
  • sound design
  • lack of innovation
  • cumbersome menu
  • some old sound effects
  • physics problems
  • CS:GO toxicity
  • CS:GO F2P
  • CS:GO hackers
  • lack of character models
  • no mods or community
  • less challenging gameplay compared to 1.6

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 96.3% rating  Top 5% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Counter-Strike: Source's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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