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Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.

Counter-Strike: Source is a shooter, fps and action game developed and published by Valve.
Released on November 01st 2004 is available on Windows and Linux in 12 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai and Turkish.

It has received 182,234 reviews of which 175,426 were positive and 6,808 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Counter-Strike: Source into these genres:

Shooter FPS Action Multiplayer Team-Based First-Person Competitive Tactical PvP e-sports Military War Strategy Moddable Singleplayer Difficult Atmospheric Survival Simulation Sandbox

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Linux
Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

User reviews & Ratings

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July 2025
Better game then cs2 Trash cs2 developers spend time caring about skins rather then the game
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May 2025
Better than the current game. Made before Esports, gambling and loot boxes ruined online games. Community driven and supported, played by people who simply love the game. Worth it.
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Jan. 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10 buy it
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Jan. 2025
This game changed my life to say the least. Not only did it make me see the world for what it really was but also introduced me to lots of incredible people whom that I can never forget. Countless hours of fun that I've had on this game as I have been playing it since 2007 when I was only 11 years old and I'm 28 now. So many memories were made here, and it is truly one of Valve's greatest achievements in terms of video gaming. Long live Counter-Strike Source!
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Sept. 2024
This might sound funny, but this game feels super fresh after 13 years of maining CSGO and CS2. For community maps and fun, casual gamemodes, CSS is the best. Simply put, CSS excels at everything CS2 is currently neglecting. I hope CS2 will eventually offer everything this game does and more, but for now they compliment each other very nicely. I miss this kind of Counter-Strike. Also it can run on a potato which is very nice.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Counter-Strike: Source is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Counter-Strike: Source is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Counter-Strike: Source received 175,426 positive votes out of a total of 182,234 achieving an impressive rating of 9.51.
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Counter-Strike: Source was developed and published by Valve.

Counter-Strike: Source is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Counter-Strike: Source is not playable on MacOS.

Counter-Strike: Source is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Counter-Strike: Source is a multi-player game.

Counter-Strike: Source features PvP mode where you can test your skills against other players.

Counter-Strike: Source does not currently offer any DLC.

Counter-Strike: Source does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Counter-Strike: Source does not support Steam Remote Play.

Counter-Strike: Source is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Counter-Strike: Source.

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