CS:GO is a game where every little advantage goes a long way. Players experiment with all sorts of stuff in order to squeeze every last drop of performance from their rig. CSGO is also one of the most ‘pure FPS’ games around, at least when looking at the most popular ones. With no classes, heroes, or any real starter loadouts to choose from your aim is going to be super important.

The gameplay in CSGO is quite straightforward: there’s you, your gun(s) and an assortment of utility grenades to choose from. No abilities, extra pieces of kit, ultimates, and so on means that you don’t need a mouse with a ton of sidebuttons or extra functionality. A simple, well built mouse with a comfortable design and a sensor which perfectly translates your movements to the game is all you really need for CSGO. In fact, distractions could even be detrimental to your performance.

What’s also noticeable is that the so called ‘ultralight’ (<70 grams) mice haven’t really taken off so much in the CS:GO scene as they did in some other games that we analyze. This potentially indicates a number of things: that it’s important to stick with what works for you instead of constantly switching gear and that the chase for the lightest mouse on the planet isn’t as important in a game such as CS:GO. Of course we’re only theorizing here, and there are plenty of pros who switch mice a lot and experiment with light mice (Zywoo’s often spotted using the Xtrfy M4, for example) so don’t let these aggregate lists stop you from trying out things: use this list as a guideline and an interesting source of information, not as a definite ‘best of’ list since a lot depends on personal preferences.