Counter-Strike: Global Offensive surpassed Dota 2 in terms of the peak number of players online. About it on the unofficial analytics platform Steam Charts. The shooter was played simultaneously by 1 people, which is 298 thousand more than the record Dot 2.
The reasons for this popularity are not specified, but the number of CS:GO players has been steadily increasing since November 2019. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the popularity of the game has skyrocketed, with a 23% increase in players in March. The number of players in Dota 2 has also increased, but the volumes are much more modest - 7,6% over the past month.
This is not the only thing in which CS:GO turned out to be more popular than Dota 2. According to the Esports Charts analytical service, the shooter more popular esports discipline among viewers in 2019. 2,1 million more hours were spent watching shooter matches than watching Dota 2.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a shooter game from Valve. Its release took place in August 2012. It received positive reviews from critics, 83 on Metacritic. Since December 2018 the project shareware.
Source: 3dnews.ru