Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike is a series of first-person-shooter games and gambling games disguised as first-person-shooters. It was initially created by Minh Le and Jess Cliffe^[1] as a mod for the game Half-Life.

As they expanded the game, it was bought out by Valve Software who helped develop the game. In fact, Steam was mainly created for automatic downloads because people had to manually get updates from the Valve website for Counter-Strike^[2].

Series of official Counter-Strike games (excluding Neo, Online, Online 2, and Nexon)
Game/Platforms	Release	Reception
Counter-Strike 1.6 (latest release + CS:CZ and CZDS) Windows, MacOS^*, Linux^[3] (Does not include console releases)	November 1st, 2000	9/10 IGN 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam
Counter-Strike: Source Windows, MacOS*, Linux^[3]	October 7th, 2004	8/10 IGN 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (standalone**) Windows, MacOS, Linux^[3] (Does not include console releases)	August 21, 2012 (Discontinued for the release of Counter-Strike 2)	8/10 IGN No Steam rating available.
Counter-Strike 2 (includes csgo_legacy) Windows, Linux, SteamOS^[3]	September 27, 2023 (Limited Test: March 22, 2023)	7/10 IGN 'Very Positive' Steam

*There are no active MacOS releases currently on Steam for Counter-Strike, and they are all 32-bit. _{**Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is available on the Steam Store as of March 4th, 2026.}

[1] ttps://counterstrike.fandom.com/wiki/Counter-Strike

[2] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)

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