With the official release of Counter-Strike 2, Valve removed CS:GO from Steam. Despite this, there are still loopholes to download and run a stable build of CS:GO. In this article, we will tell you how to play CS:GO in 2024.

On January 1, 2024, Valve officially stopped supporting CS:GO. However, the abundance of cheaters in CS2 matchmaking and the lack of good optimization make gamers nostalgic for the previous version of the shooter.
How to download and play CS:GO in 2024

• Open Steam.
• Go to “Library”.
• Right-click on CS2 and open the settings menu.
• Select “Beta versions”.
• In the upper right corner, in the line where the word “No” is by default, you need to select Legacy Version of CS:GO.
• Immediately after selecting, the game will download automatically.

• After that, we go to the path *your disk*:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo and in the steam.inf file, we change the data in the “ClientVersion” field to 2000258.
• Launch Counter-Strike 2, but before starting, select “Legacy Version of CS:GO”.
• Connect to user servers and play.

Where to find custom servers for CS:GO

You can find adequate 5vs5 matches on the “popflash” service. Keep in mind that this is a third-party product that is in no way associated with Valve, and we cannot guarantee the security of your Steam account. Proceed at your own risk.

The official release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive took place on August 21, 2012. This version of the shooter from Valve was supported for 11 years. During this period, various cosmetic items and mechanics, as well as maps, were added to the game.