cs_backalley — Counter-Strike 1.6 Hostage Rescue
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cs_backalley 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. Across public CS 1.6 servers scanned March–July 2026, cs_backalley was seen running on 410 different servers, with as many as 32 players online at once. That makes it the #9 most-played of the 107 cs_* maps we track. You'll find the full cs_backalley overview here — play it free in the browser, nothing to download or install.
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| Category | cs (hostage rescue) |
|---|---|
| Released | September 6, 2010 |
| Downloads | 7,050 |
| File size | 768 KB |
| Download | cs_backalley on CS-bg |
| Source | CS-bg |
How cs_backalley plays
cs_backalley 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_backalley
In our 2026 scan of the public master list, cs_backalley was seen on 410 Counter-Strike 1.6 server(s), with as many as 32 players on at once. The servers below ran cs_backalley 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shkupi Public Server | up to 3 | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| [CS 1.6] PANDA TEST | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| KGB CS1.6 Zagreb Demo | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | up to 1 | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| [..:Skill:..] CSDM Classic Server #1 | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| AIMSTAR NR1 | up to 1 | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| ALPHA | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
See who's playing cs_backalley right now → — a live list, updated continuously.
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