Citadel Servers Counter-Strike 2 Hosting

Spec sheet

What it does

Citadel Servers rents managed Counter-Strike 2 game servers that let customers define rules, administrators, configuration values and passwords.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

API

Citadel says its reseller and community packages can create game servers through a supplied API or the control panel.Read 19 Oct 2026 · app.citadelservers.co

Support

Citadel advertises 24/7 human technical support handled by an in-house team.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Founded

Citadel Servers says it was founded in 2012.Read 7 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Company

Citadel Servers describes itself as a global hosting provider offering game, dedicated, VPS, voice, and web hosting.Read 7 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Backups

Customers can create, deploy and schedule server backups from the panel.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Company directory facts

Crunchbase lists Citadel Servers as a private Dallas, Texas company with 1–10 employees and game-server and VPS hosting products.Read 19 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Company founding

Citadel Servers says it was founded in 2012.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Company scale

Citadel says it supports more than 300 games, hosts thousands of servers and operates teams and data centres in Europe and North America.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Configuration

The panel lets administrators edit server name, password, game settings, permissions and logs.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Control panel

The customized Tcadmin-style panel provides server start, stop, restart and reinstall controls.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Counter-Strike guide

Citadel’s Counter-Strike 2 guide covers game modes, tick rate, friendly fire, warmup, overtime, map rotation, plugins and FTP uploads.Read 19 Oct 2026 · _dc-mx.96db2b511cee.citadelservers.com

DDoS protection

Citadel states that its game servers include advanced DDoS protection.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

File access

Customers receive full FTP access and can also upload content through the game control panel.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Game technology

The product hosts Counter-Strike 2, which Citadel describes as Valve’s Source 2 successor to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Hardware

The product page advertises high-performance Xeon processors and NVMe SSD storage.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Included features

Listed game server features include full FTP and database access, location switching, scheduled scripts and backups, map changes, and custom launch parameters.Read 7 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Independent score

GameServerHosting.co.uk gave Citadel Servers an 8.2 out of 10 after testing file access, backups, restores, scheduled tasks and support.Read 19 Oct 2026 · gameserverhosting.co.uk

Instant setup

Citadel says Counter-Strike 2 servers are deployed instantly and can be live within minutes.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Knowledgebase

The company maintains guides covering administration, FTP/SFTP, scheduled tasks, sub-users and configuration.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Limit: interface

An independent hands-on review describes the panel as busy and dated-looking, with more menus and fields than simplified hosting panels.Read 19 Oct 2026 · gameserverhosting.co.uk

Limit: modded servers

A recent Trustpilot complaint alleges a paid modded DayZ setup remained unplayable for three days because of configuration and crash-loop problems.Read 19 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Limit: pricing transparency

The same hands-on review says pricing varies materially by game, slot count, location and add-ons, so headline prices can rise at checkout.Read 19 Oct 2026 · gameserverhosting.co.uk

Limit: support consistency

Trustpilot also contains complaints about unanswered tickets, delayed setup and support that did not resolve technical problems.Read 19 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Locations

The Counter-Strike 2 page lists 18 locations including London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, New York, Dallas, Tokyo, Sydney and Singapore.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Mods

Citadel provides one-click installation and switching for supported mods and plugins.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Mods and uploads

Steam Workshop content and manual uploads are supported through the game control panel or FTP.Read 7 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Praise: administration

GameHostReviews users report reliable scheduled restarts, restricted sub-user permissions and predictable uptime.Read 19 Oct 2026 · gamehostreviews.com

Praise: location and latency

GameHostReviews users praise the breadth of locations and report sub-40-millisecond results for groups spread across the UK, Germany and Poland.Read 19 Oct 2026 · gamehostreviews.com

Praise: support

Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly praise fast live-chat replies, patient troubleshooting and staff who help configure mods and servers.Read 19 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Rating on GameHostReviews

4.4 out of 5 from 10 reviewsRead 19 Oct 2026 · gamehostreviews.com

Rating on Trustpilot

4.5 out of 5 from 296 reviewsRead 19 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Reseller extensibility

The reseller offering includes white-label branding, client control-panel access, statistics and FTP access.Read 19 Oct 2026 · app.citadelservers.co

Scheduled automation

Scheduled scripts, backups and other tasks are available in the panel.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Security statement

Citadel’s privacy policy says site traffic uses SSL encryption and that the site complies with PCI vulnerability standards.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Serchen praise

Serchen reviewers repeatedly describe setup as quick, performance as smooth and support as responsive and helpful across several games.Read 19 Oct 2026 · serchen.co.uk

Server access

Customers can password-protect a server, and their local computer does not need to remain on for others to play.Read 7 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Setup

The product page advertises instant setup and deployment live in minutes.Read 7 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

SLA credits

The SLA describes a 5% monthly-fee credit for each hour of qualifying downtime, capped at the monthly fee and subject to exclusions.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

SLA limitation

The SLA excludes downtime caused by attacks, hardware or software failure, third-party failures and customer configuration problems.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

Workshop support

The service supports Steam Workshop content as well as manually uploaded maps and files.Read 19 Oct 2026 · citadelservers.com

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