Due to its popularity in Asia, especially China and South Korea, it has become one of the world's most-played video games by player count,[1] with a lifetime total of 1 billion users in 80 countries worldwide.

[5] A Chinese streaming television series based on the game named Cross Fire (穿越火线) premiered in July 2020 and was a commercial success with more than 1.7 billion views in China as of October 2020.

Players assume the role of either a Black List or Global Risk mercenary, joining an online team that works together to complete objective-based scenarios.

Each category is functionally similar to their real world counterparts (E.g. Machine guns are heavy, powerful, lay down heavy fire but have long reload times and slow mobility, Submachine guns are lighter and have a faster rate of fire but deal less damage, Shotguns are effective in close range but useless at long distance.)

[3] By 2015, Crossfire had grossed $6.8 billion,[14] making it one of the top five highest-grossing video games of all time, along with Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Street Fighter II and World of Warcraft.

[15][16] In 2018, Crossfire grossed $1.3 billion, making it one of the year's five top-grossing video games, along with Fortnite, DFO, League of Legends and Pokémon Go.

[5] A Chinese streaming television series based on the game named Cross Fire (穿越火线) premiered in July 2020, starring Luhan and Leo Wu and was a commercial success with more than 1.7 billion views in China as of October 2020[update].

[19] The episode, Crossfire: Good Conflict, would star the voices of Ricky Whittle, Claudia Doumit, Samuel Roukin, Matt Peters, Jessica Camacho, Jake Matthews, Aidan Bristow, Chris Jai Alex, and Piotr Michael, and be released in December 2024.