cs_assault_santa — Counter-Strike 1.6 Hostage Rescue
Free Hostage Rescue · No download · No install · Instant play
cs_assault_santa is a CS 1.6 map made for Hostage Rescue. As a cs_* map, it joins 195 other hostage-rescue maps in that family that we host with a real overview. Over March–July 2026, cs_assault_santa showed up on 9 public CS 1.6 servers, and player counts reached 32 at their busiest. Of the 107 cs_* maps we carry with a real overview, that ranks it #37 by server count. You'll find the full cs_assault_santa overview here — play it free in the browser, nothing to download or install.
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“cs_assault_santa - Hostage Rescue by Plaxic (Xfire username: plaxic) [This is my 10th map] - Created 12/1/07 Based on cs_assault by CryptR ( ) Changes from cs_assault: -Snow everywhere outside with snow falling -CT Spawn buildings rearranged -Small tower above backdoor -Area above hostages has vent into hostage room -Hostage room is changed and has 2nd level -This 2nd level has…”
| Author | plaxic |
|---|---|
| Category | Hostage Rescue |
| Released | March 28, 2020 |
| Downloads | 430 |
| File size | 593 KB |
| License | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Download | cs_assault_santa on GameBanana |
| Source | GameBanana |
How cs_assault_santa plays
cs_assault_santa 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_assault_santa
In our 2026 scan of the public master list, cs_assault_santa was seen on 9 Counter-Strike 1.6 server(s), with as many as 32 players on at once. The servers below ran cs_assault_santa 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| FREE VIP 20-22 | RANK SYSTEM | up to 30 | July 20, 2026 | Play → |
| FastDL[+Premium] | — | July 5, 2026 | Play → |
| [UA/RU/EN] ЗОМБИ МИР | up to 3 | June 8, 2026 | Play → |
| V O R T E X [ 4FUN ] - N E R V O S O @BRXGames | up to 3 | June 7, 2026 | Play → |
| МЕСТО У #FUNТАНЧИКА | up to 32 | June 6, 2026 | Play → |
| Unknown | up to 2 | June 1, 2026 | Play → |
| Unknown | — | May 19, 2026 | Play → |
| Unknown | up to 3 | May 19, 2026 | Play → |
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