
Overview
About Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. Two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, compete in objective-based rounds across various game modes including bomb defusal, hostage rescue, and deathmatch. The game features an economy system where players purchase weapons and equipment at the start of each round based on performance in previous rounds. Competitive matchmaking, community servers, and a robust skin trading ecosystem support a large active player base.
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At a glance
- Released
- August 21, 2012
- Platforms
- PC, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Shooter, Strategy, Action
- Play modes
- Multiplayer
- Age rating
- ESRB M
- Time to beat
- ~164 hours
Media
Screenshots
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Playtime
How long to beat
Player-reported completion times for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
- Rushed
- 9hoursMain story only
- Typical
- 164hoursStory plus some extras
- Completionist
- 35900hoursEvery side objective too
Estimated from 6 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.
Playing together
Multiplayer & game modes
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.
Play Modes
Multiplayer
Content
Age ratings
How rating boards around the world have classified Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Open a board for its content descriptors.
ACBMA 15+
Strong violence, Online content variable
CLASS_IND14
- Violência (Violence)
ESRBM
- Intense Violence
- Blood
PEGI18
- Violence
Realistic looking violence towards vulnerable characters; it is possible to shoot restrained hostages.
USK16
Game data and imagery provided by IGDB.com
