cs_assault23 — Counter-Strike 1.6 Hostage Rescue
Free Hostage Rescue · No download · No install · Instant play
cs_assault23 is a Counter-Strike 1.6 Hostage Rescue map. It sits in the cs_* family of hostage-rescue maps — one of 196 cs_* maps here with a real overview. Our March–July 2026 sweep of public CS 1.6 servers found cs_assault23 live on 8 of them, peaking at 32 players at once. Only 40 other cs_* maps out of 107 were seen on more servers. The full cs_assault23 overview is on this page; play it free right in your browser, no install needed.
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| Author | paulus33 |
|---|---|
| Category | Hostage Rescue |
| Released | November 13, 2010 |
| Downloads | 3,021 |
| File size | 5.8 MB |
| License | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Download | cs_assault23 on GameBanana |
| Source | GameBanana |
How cs_assault23 plays
cs_assault23 is a Hostage Rescue map. CTs push into the hostage rooms, use +use to collect each hostage, and lead them to the rescue point. Terrorists defend the hostages and lock down the approaches. Rescuing all hostages wins the round for the CTs. On Combat Skirmish it runs directly in your browser through WebAssembly — click Play and you are dropped straight onto a live public server, no Steam account or download required.
Counter-Strike 1.6 servers that play cs_assault23
In our 2026 scan of the public master list, cs_assault23 was seen on 8 Counter-Strike 1.6 server(s), with as many as 32 players on at once. The servers below ran cs_assault23 at some point in that window — ordered by how recently we last saw them on it (shown in Last seen). A server may be on another map right now; clicking Play connects you to it as it is, straight from your browser — no Steam, no download.
| Server | Peak players | Last seen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • Deadline Cod:Mw4 [START LEVEL 50 | EVENTS | FREE VIP] | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| War3+CSDM [ 1000 LVL, custom Skills / Shops / Missions ] | up to 4 | July 18, 2026 | Play → |
| V O R T E X [ 4FUN ] - N E R V O S O @BRXGames | up to 32 | June 8, 2026 | Play → |
| МЕСТО У #FUNТАНЧИКА | up to 3 | June 8, 2026 | Play → |
| Unknown | up to 1 | June 1, 2026 | Play → |
| Unknown | up to 32 | May 22, 2026 | Play → |
| Unknown | up to 3 | May 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Unknown | up to 32 | May 19, 2026 | Play → |
See who's playing cs_assault23 right now → — a live list, updated continuously.
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