I was peer pressured by my friends, everyone who owns this game , and Valve because if there was one game to represent Steam and/or Valve, (it used to be Half Life 2) it would be this game. The community is one of the largest on Steam, despite it's toxicity and competative community. The gameplay is fast paced, and frightening. It's a tactical shooter meaning you have to be careful of everymove you make; buying weapons and gear, sneaking around, using your weapons and gear etc. The game may have aged somewhat bad, but the gameplay is still timeless and valve still updates it. It's one of the most addictive games out there, some people have over thousands of hours total. Last but not least, weapon skins. If it weren't for the skins, CS:GO would be dead a long time ago. Skins don't change gameplay so CS:GO is never pay-to-win, if you are cheap, you will grind alot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, drops, but if you are rich, you will be buying pricey skins from the market, or buy truckloads of keys to unbox skins, maybe a knife, BTW knives in CS:GO worth at least 10 times what real knives worth. Just remeber, if you don't want to hear kids raging and swearing at you, do yourself a favor and mut the player, and people will be kicking many other people for no reason (most of the time).

Have fun, and stay away from being toxic too.

I was peer pressured by my friends, everyone who owns this game , and Valve because if there was one game to represent Steam and/or Valve, (it used to be Half Life 2) it would be this game. The community is one of the largest on Steam, despite it's toxicity and competative community. The gameplay is fast paced, and frightening. It's a tactical shooter meaning you have to be careful of everymove you make; buying weapons and gear, sneaking around, using your weapons and gear etc. The game may have aged somewhat bad, but the gameplay is still timeless and valve still updates it. It's one of the most addictive games out there, some people have over thousands of hours total. Last but not least, weapon skins. If it weren't for the skins, CS:GO would be dead a long time ago. Skins don't change gameplay so CS:GO is never pay-to-win, if you are cheap, you will grind alot of free skins, drops, but if you are rich, you will be buying pricey skins from the market, or buy truckloads of keys to unbox skins, maybe a knife, BTW knives in CS:GO worth at least 10 times what real knives worth. Just remeber, if you don't want to hear kids raging and swearing at you, do yourself a favor and mut the player, and people will be kicking many other people for no reason (most of the time). Have fun, and stay away from being toxic too.