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CS2 Workshop Maps: Publishing and Subscription Basics

The CS2 Authoring Tools include Hammer, command-line compiling utilities, Face Poser, tutorial maps, prefabs, and the Workshop Map Publisher.

Publish a map

The official Counter-Strike Workshop FAQ directs map creators to submit maps using the Workshop Map Publisher included with the CS2 Authoring Tools.

Subscribe to a published map

To access a published map:

1. Open the map’s Workshop detail page and select Subscribe.
2. Start CS2.
3. Find the map under the Workshop tab in the in-game map browser.

According to the official FAQ, subscribing automatically downloads the map and adds it to the Workshop tab. Steam also classifies Workshop maps as ready-to-use items and states that subscribed maps become available when CS2 starts.