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Your own Counter-Strike 2 dedicated server, online 24/7
Run your own Counter-Strike 2 community server for scrims, practice or custom modes on Workshop maps. Instant setup, DDoS protection and 24/7 expert support.
Why Host With Us?
Fully DDoS Protected
We protect you from the most complex attacks with our multi-tiered mitigation platform, even those that exploit vulnerabilities within certain games.
Full FTP Access
For power users who prefer to self-manage, we provide FTP access and a file manager to install and manage your game server content, server settings and more.
24/7 Technical Support
It's unacceptable to wait hours, possibly days, for a response to support requests. Our customers enjoy an average ticket response time of less than 10 minutes.
Powerful Hardware
Latest-generation processors and NVMe storage as a standard - we ensure that our hosting outperforms the competition with unmatched speed and reliability.
$10.00/mo
+ billing term & add-ons
High Performance Hardware
Unlike most hosting providers, we own & operate our own hardware.- Xeon and Ryzen CPUs
- DDR4 & DDR5 Memory
- Up to 10Gbps Uplinks
- NVMe SSD Drives
Easy-to-Use Game Management
We host all of our Counter Strike 2 servers on our modified TCAdmin v2 platform. This proven, powerful control suite offers the best in server management capability.
- Web Console
- File Manager
- Workshop Installer
- Log Viewer
- Offsite Backups
- Easy Data Restores
About Counter-Strike 2: Valve's free-to-play tactical shooter
Counter-Strike 2 is the Source 2 successor to CS:GO, released by Valve in September 2023 and free to play on Steam. Terrorists and counter-terrorists fight round by round over bomb sites and hostages, with an economy that decides what you can buy each round. Valve's official matchmaking servers run fixed rules, so a dedicated server is how you run scrims, practice sessions, community nights or custom modes on your own terms, with your own map rotation, password and admins.
Game modes and Steam Workshop maps
Host Havoc CS2 servers come with 20 to 64 slots, and you pick the game mode and starting map from the control panel: competitive, casual, wingman or deathmatch. Public Steam Workshop maps and collections load by their Workshop ID, so your own aim and practice maps run alongside the official map pool.
Config files, GSLT and plugins
You get full access to server.cfg and the rest of game/csgo/cfg through the file manager or FTP, so hostname, passwords and match settings are yours to tune. Paste your Game Server Login Token into the panel to list the server publicly. Plugin frameworks like Metamod:Source and CounterStrikeSharp install through the file manager or FTP. Every server includes DDoS protection, automated backups and 24/7 support.
How to Set Up a Counter-Strike 2 Dedicated Server
With Host Havoc
The easy way: with Host Havoc
- Pick a plan and region. 20 to 64 slots, in the datacenter closest to your players.
- Deploy in minutes. Your server installs on the latest CS2 build, ready to join.
- Manage from the panel. Choose the game mode and map, paste your GSLT, and add Workshop maps in a few clicks. No launch-line juggling.
DDoS protection, automated backups, and 24/7 support are included.
Without Host Havoc
The manual way: self-hosting
Counter-Strike 2's dedicated server is part of the game's own Steam app and runs natively on Windows 10/11 or 64-bit Linux with glibc 2.31 or newer (Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 11 or later). No GPU needed: Valve lists 2 GB of RAM and an x86-64-v2 CPU as the minimum, but the install alone takes about 60 GB of disk.
- Generate a GSLT for App ID
730on Steam's game server management page. Without it, the server stays LAN-only. - Download the server with SteamCMD using the anonymous login and Steam App ID
730(the old CS:GO server app740no longer applies):steamcmd +login anonymous +app_update 730 validate +quit - Edit
server.cfgingame/csgo/cfg. Sethostname,sv_password, andrcon_password. - Forward
27015TCP and UDP for game traffic, queries, and RCON, plus UDP27020if you run CSTV. - Launch it with
cs2.shon Linux orcs2.exeon Windows, passing-dedicated +map de_dust2 +game_alias competitive +sv_setsteamaccount YOUR_GSLT, then keep it running as a service or in screen/tmux.
After that it is on you: re-running SteamCMD after every Valve update so clients can still connect, installing Metamod and CounterStrikeSharp by hand for plugins, restarting after crashes, and absorbing DDoS yourself.
Counter Strike 2 Server Guides
Step-by-step guides for setting up, configuring, and managing your server.
Connect to your CS2 server using the game panel Join button, the in-game console, or the Steam server browser.
Read guide How to Add a GSLT to Your Counter-Strike 2 ServerGenerate a Game Server Login Token on Steam and apply it to your CS2 server so it appears in the community server browser.
Read guide How to Load Workshop Maps on Your Counter-Strike 2 ServerAdd a Steam Workshop map to your CS2 server using a custom command line and the host_workshop_map launch parameter.
Read guide How to Change the Game Mode and Starting Map on Your CS2 ServerSwitch your CS2 server to a different game mode and set the starting map using the Command Line Manager in the game panel.
Read guide How to Install MetaMod and Plugins on Your CS2 ServerInstall MetaMod and CounterStrikeSharp on your CS2 server, then add plugins by uploading them to the correct directory.
Read guide WikiEvery guide for your Counter Strike 2 server, all in one place.
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