Counter-Strike
Last updated: 2026-01-02
- Fast-paced competitive gameplay experience
- Timeless nostalgic value and influence
- Strong community and modding support
- Server scarcity and instability issues
- Outdated graphics and mechanics persist
- Steep learning curve for newcomers
Emotions
Nostalgia29%Admiration11%Frustration10%Excitement8%Satisfaction7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 256,120
- Positive
- 249,51397.4%
- Negative
- 6,6072.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 18,525,963
- Estimated revenue
- $185,074,370
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1501.03%
- Estimated copies lost
- 10,850
- Estimated revenue lost
- $108,392
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1511% Avg playtime 0.7h | 1,48510.2% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 3782.6% Avg playtime 422.7h | 12,57786.2% Avg playtime 430.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 42.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 179.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,421.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
14,591 total
Organic purchasers11,86681.3%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations2,72518.7%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
14,589 total
First impression0-2h2,20815.1%
Voted up: 92%
Mid game2-10h4,09728.1%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h1,70411.7%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+6,58045.1%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.3%
Global baseline 96.4%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 256,120 total.