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Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero — Genres, rating & game data

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is the second installment in first-person multiplayer shooter series Counter-Strike. It is the only game in the Counter-Strike main series that includes a single-player campaign. In the campaign, you play as a leader of a special forces squad. You form your team from a

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a shooter game developed by Valve Software, 2004. It stands out for competitive gameplay and melee combat. Available in single-player and multiplayer mode. With an NextGameLike Score of 70/100, it ranks as a well received title in our catalog.

About Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is the second installment in first-person multiplayer shooter series Counter-Strike. It is the only game in the Counter-Strike main series that includes a single-player campaign. In the campaign, you play as a leader of a special forces squad. You form your team from a cast of pre-made characters with unique features and go on through several unconnected missions. The missions themselves are mostly a string of multiplayer matches played with AI bots and some additional challenges like killing enemies with a specific type of weapon The multiplayer part of the game is very similar to the previous installment. There are two teams in every match: terrorists and counter-terrorists. You choose one of the sites and have to defeat the enemy team by killing hostile players or completing different tasks. For doing this, you also get money rewards which you can spend on more advanced weapons and gear. The game also features Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes, the early version of the game, developed by Ritual Entertainment before the game was handled to Turtle Rock Studios.

How Counter-Strike: Condition Zero was received

Of the 27,967 Steam player reviews, 91% are positive. Critics score it 65/100 on Metacritic, reflecting a mixed-to-positive reception.

Players

  • Steam players27,967 reviews91%Very positive
  • IGDB community250 reviews74/100

Critics

  • Metacritic65/100
  • IGDB3 reviews66/100

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. NextGameLike does not host its own reviews.

NextGameLike Score

70/100 ↗

Rating

👍 44%

829 votes

Type

Shooter, FPS

Released

2004

Updated May 2026

Developer

Valve Software

Publisher: Valve

Avg. playtime

~1h

Platforms

PC, Apple Macintosh, Linux

Official trailer for Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

Screenshots of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

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