Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Realistic firearm and knife combat against human enemies with blood spray on hits; no gore or dismemberment.
Players can take the role of terrorist operatives whose objectives include planting bombs and holding hostages, opposing the counter-terrorist side in bomb-defusal and hostage-rescue missions.
Missions revolve around terrorism scenarios—bomb plots and hostage situations—presented as tactical objectives.
Who can reach your kid
What it is
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a tactical first-person shooter in which players take the role of counter-terrorist or terrorist operatives across objective-based missions like bomb defusal and hostage rescue. Combat uses realistic firearms and a knife against human opponents, with modest blood effects but no gore or dismemberment. Alongside a single-player Tour of Duty against AI bots and a story-driven Deleted Scenes campaign set in global terrorism scenarios, it retains the series' round-based online multiplayer, where players buy weapons with in-game money earned each round. Playing online connects you with strangers via in-game text chat on community servers with no built-in moderation.
How it's framed
The game frames its conflict as professional counter-terrorism versus terrorist operations, emphasizing tactics, objectives, and teamwork rather than glorifying violence; enemies are combatants and killing is a neutral gameplay mechanic tied to round objectives.
Details
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- Valve
- Released
- Mar 1, 2004
Similar games
We built this because we needed it
Balanced Play pools your kids' game time into one budget across Steam, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and more. We're taking 100 founding families — free for life.
Claim a founding spot →Free for life for the first 100. No card, no spam.