New Counter-Strike 2 record: 1.825 million players were in the online shooter at the same time

Counter-Strike has been the most popular online shooter for over twenty years.
All versions of this game once attracted millions of gamers and Counter-Strike 2 was no exception.
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The game stably remains on the first place in the Steam chart in terms of profitability and attendance, but today unexpectedly Counter-Strike 2 set a new record of peak online.
There were 1 million 825 thousand people in the game, which is only 6 thousand more than the previous record set two months ago. It is surprising not only that the old game attracts more and more players, but also the fact that the record was not preceded by major updates or large-scale events.

Online graph. Source SteamDB
It's worth noting that nowadays the competition among online shooters is higher than ever, but despite everything, Counter-Strike 2 is the undisputed leader - it shows that Valve is developing the game correctly.
Source: SteamDB