CS2 Update October 22, 2025

GAMEPLAY

• Adding Retakes as official game mode supporting Defusal Group Alpha and Defusal Group Delta maps on official matchmaking servers.

• Fixed Molotov and Smoke interaction logic in cases when multiple smokes are active in the map.

MAPS

• Updated Golden to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)

• Updated Palacio to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)

• Updated Rooftop to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)

Inferno

• Adjustments to top of Quad and under Balcony to improve visibility.

• Various optimizations.

CONTRACTS

• Extended functionality of the "Trade Up Contract" to allow exchanging 5 items of Covert quality as follows:

  • 5 StatTrak™ Covert items can be exchanged for one StatTrak™ Knife from a collection of one of the items provided

  • 5 regular Covert items can be exchanged for one regular Knife item or one regular Gloves item from a collection of one of the items provided

MISC

• Performance optimizations when the game is in the main menu and item inspect UI

• Fixed inventory item icons sometimes rendering in blurry state or not rendering

• Fixed several server-only sound events to not start multiple times

• Stability improvements