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Fight top-down team battles with classic objectives, zombie and building modes, a broad arsenal, and tools for making maps.
Released 15 Nov 2017
Plant Bombs
Rescue Hostages
Build Turrets
CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.
Developed by Unreal Software · Published by Unreal Software
CS2D is a top-down shooter where two teams face off in matches built around objectives such as planting bombs, rescuing hostages, and protecting a VIP. It also offers deathmatch and team deathmatch, capture-the-flag and domination maps, zombie survival, and construction mode.
Players choose from a large selection of weapons and equipment, including firearms, grenades, launchers, and specialty items. In classic play, money earned through rounds, kills, and objectives can be spent on weapons and gear. Matches can be played online, over a local network, or against bots.
Construction mode lets players build structures such as turrets, walls, and teleporters. A built-in map editor supports custom maps, while Lua scripting can modify or extend the game.
Players often enjoy CS2D as a nostalgic, top-down take on familiar Counter-Strike-style matches, with varied modes and custom maps adding more ways to play. Reviews also highlight its appeal for playing with friends and on older computers. Some players say that finding active online servers has become difficult.
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
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| Achievements | 66 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | CS2D is a top-down shooter centered on multiplayer. It supports online PvP, online co-op, LAN PvP, and LAN co-op according to the listed features. The game can also be played against bots offline or online-hosted servers, and players can host or join custom servers by IP. Multiplayer includes team-based and free-for-all modes, plus many community-made modes and custom maps. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game has built-in map editing and Lua scripting that modify and extend multiplayer. Reviews and descriptions mention custom maps, custom servers, bots, skins, scripts, and many modded multiplayer modes such as zombie plague, RPG-style servers, jailbreak, deathrun, gungame, hide and seek, Minecraft 2D, and co-op escape maps. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |
