cs_assault_shadow — Counter-Strike 1.6 Hostage Rescue
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cs_assault_shadow is a Hostage Rescue map for Counter-Strike 1.6. It belongs to the cs_* hostage-rescue family; we carry 196 cs_* maps in all, each with a genuine overview. Over March–July 2026, cs_assault_shadow showed up on 6 public CS 1.6 servers, and player counts reached 32 at their busiest. That makes it the #47 most-played of the 107 cs_* maps we track. This page carries the full cs_assault_shadow overview image — play it free in your browser, no download, no install.
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“cs assault shadow - Hostage Rescue By Plaxic (Xfire username: plaxic) [This is my 11th map] - Created 12/18/07 US Army Truck Prefab by Duke Based on cs_assault by CryptR ( ) Changes from cs_assault: -Very dark night setting -Areas are all lit uniquely for vision -Completely different middle tower -Area behind CT Spawn is now a garage with truck -Elevator to tower next to CT Spawn…”
| Author | SickiX |
|---|---|
| Category | Hostage Rescue |
| Released | March 2, 2013 |
| Downloads | 7,211 |
| File size | 1.2 MB |
| License | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Download | cs_assault_shadow on GameBanana |
| Source | GameBanana |
How cs_assault_shadow plays
cs_assault_shadow 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_shadow
In our 2026 scan of the public master list, cs_assault_shadow was seen on 6 Counter-Strike 1.6 server(s), with as many as 32 players on at once. The servers below ran cs_assault_shadow 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault 1000 FPS #1 | up to 14 | July 12, 2026 | Play → |
| CS Nexus - ONLY ASSAULTS | — | March 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Unknown | — | March 20, 2026 | Play → |
See who's playing cs_assault_shadow right now → — a live list, updated continuously.
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