Although CS2 is the current standard, Valve has officially made a Legacy Version of CS:GO available for players who cannot run the new engine or wish to play older community maps.

Below is an overview of the current state of the game and how the final versioning of CS:GO transitioned into the CS2 era. The Transition from CS:GO to Counter-Strike 2

Before the shift to CS2, the 1.36.x to 1.38.x update cycles focused on stabilizing the competitive experience:

: Player loadouts and skins from CS:GO were moved directly into the new engine.

In 2023, Valve released Counter-Strike 2 as a free, technical leap forward for the series. This update effectively replaced the CS:GO Steam store page.

Counter-strike: Global Offensive V1.36.5.8 Apr 2026

Although CS2 is the current standard, Valve has officially made a Legacy Version of CS:GO available for players who cannot run the new engine or wish to play older community maps.

Below is an overview of the current state of the game and how the final versioning of CS:GO transitioned into the CS2 era. The Transition from CS:GO to Counter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive v1.36.5.8

Before the shift to CS2, the 1.36.x to 1.38.x update cycles focused on stabilizing the competitive experience: Although CS2 is the current standard, Valve has

: Player loadouts and skins from CS:GO were moved directly into the new engine. Although CS2 is the current standard

In 2023, Valve released Counter-Strike 2 as a free, technical leap forward for the series. This update effectively replaced the CS:GO Steam store page.