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Counter-Strike: Source

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First release
Oct 07, 2004
Publisher
Valve
Engine
Source
Genres
Shooter · Action
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux

Counter-Strike: Source is a team-based tactical first-person shooter and a remake of the original Counter-Strike built on Valve's Source engine. A team of Counter-Terrorists faces a team of Terrorists across a series of rounds, each won by completing an objective such as defusing a bomb or rescuing hostages, or by eliminating the opposing team. Eliminated players do not respawn until the next round, and moving while firing reduces accuracy, encouraging careful positioning. The Source engine added interactive physics objects, ragdoll effects, and higher-detail environments, and the game was later succeeded by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Also known as Counterstrike: Source, Counter Strike Source, CS:S, CSS
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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 07, 2004
Mac
Jun 23, 2010
Linux
Feb 05, 2013
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
1337h
Game modes
Multiplayer
Perspective
First person
Keywords
modern warfare, bloody, gravity, death, soldier
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Critic Score
90
Main + Extras (IGDB)
1337h
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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 135,923 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 31 Oct
  • Drop-in, drop-out co-opIGDB · 31 Oct

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