How To Install a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Server on Windows

Introduction

In this guide, you’ll be learning how to install a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive server on Windows.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you’ll need to install the necessary tool provided by Steam, which is called SteamCMD. To install SteamCMD:

Make an empty folder in your desired destination.
Download the tool for Windows here.
Extract the contents of the zip file into the newly created folder(you can use WinRAR or any other application).

Downloading And Installing

Once you’ve installed SteamCMD, you’re ready to begin downloading and installing the CS: GO files.

Start SteamCMD.exe located in the location where you extracted the ZIP earlier.

Once the application has loaded up, type the following:

login anonymous

Next, you’ll need to set the default installation directory. Do that by running the following command. You can replace .\csgo-ds\ it with your desired location.

force_install_dir .\csgo-ds\

Once you’ve set your installation directory, type the following command to install the files:

app_update 740 validate

If you want to update your existing CS: GO server files, type the following instead:

app_update 740

Exit SteamCMD by typing the following:

exit

Visit the Steam game server account management page and log in with your Steam account. From there, create a token with the 730 ID.

Configuring Your Server

You need to create a batch file to start your server. Do this by opening Notepad and entering the following text. Replace PUTYOURGSLTHERE with your login token.

srcds -game csgo -console -usercon +game_type 0 +game_mode 0 +mapgroup mg_active +map de_dust2 +sv_setsteamaccount PUTYOURGSLTHERE

Conclusion

Thanks for reading this guide. Enjoy your server!