de_rats — Counter-Strike 1.6 Bomb Defusal
Free Bomb Defusal · No download · No install · Instant play
de_rats is a Bomb Defusal map for Counter-Strike 1.6. It sits in the de_* family of bomb-defusal maps — one of 688 de_* maps here with a real overview. Our March–July 2026 sweep of public CS 1.6 servers found de_rats live on 110 of them, peaking at 32 players at once. Only 53 other de_* maps out of 393 were seen on more servers. This page carries the full de_rats overview image — play it free in your browser, no download, no install.
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“This is an unauthorized third party port of Rats! for Half-Life Deathmatch. Generally speaking, the action of decompiling a map and altering it without the original creator's consent is frowned upon. In this case, it is clear that that is the case for this map. Chris Spain did technically design this map, but he did not make this port. It is not representative of Chris Spain's attention to…”
| Author | YellowJello |
|---|---|
| Category | Bomb/Defuse |
| Released | November 2, 2011 |
| Downloads | 15,441 |
| File size | 2.5 MB |
| License | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Download | de_rats on GameBanana |
| Source | GameBanana |
How de_rats plays
de_rats is a Bomb Defusal map. Buy at the start of the round, take map control toward a bombsite, and either plant and defend the C4 or rotate to defuse. A planted bomb detonates in 45 seconds; a defuse kit halves your defuse time. 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 de_rats
In our 2026 scan of the public master list, de_rats was seen on 110 Counter-Strike 1.6 server(s), with as many as 32 players on at once. The servers below ran de_rats 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manta's Counter-Strike 1.6 Server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| [CSDM] ExCLuZiV Пушки + Лазеры | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Szuszuek 1.6 Server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Новые оружия::. | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| [MD/UA] К Л А С С И К А © | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| УКРАЇНСЬКА • ЕЛІТА | up to 2 | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| CyberShark ZMURKA³ [HnS] [FastDL + VIP] | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 server | up to 2 | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
| | 72nd Street | Tactical Range - as . cs . de | — | July 21, 2026 | Play → |
See who's playing de_rats right now → — a live list, updated continuously.
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