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CS 1.6 boosting services: what they sell and what to check first

A CS 1.6 boost is a paid place in a server list that non-Steam players see. What 8 services sell and charge as of 20 October 2026, and what to ask before you pay.

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A CS 1.6 boost is a paid place in a server list. Most boost sellers run their own master server, the list a CS 1.6 game asks for when a player opens the server browser. Only the non-Steam builds of CS 1.6 that the seller or a partner gives out ask that master server, so the players a boost reaches use those builds.

What you pay for is a position: near the top of the Internet tab, a place in the players' Favorites, or a link in the game menu. Sellers price it per period (a day, a week, 30 days), per round at the top of the list, or per install, which counts new copies of their game that get your server in Favorites or the game menu. A few say they send players to servers in turn instead of showing them a list.

Website listings are a separate thing. Some sites sell a higher place on a server list on their website, and don't claim a place in the game.

Warning

GameTracker.com bans boosted servers for good. Its rules say "Server boosting, redirects, and duplicate servers will lead to a permanent ban", and a ban on a whole IP "is permanent. You will have to request a new IP" (GameTracker.com admin post (external site, opens in a new tab)). Decide whether your server's GameTracker.com page matters to you before you buy.

Before you start

  • Your server's full address, IP and port. Sellers list a server by its address, so a listing stops working if the address changes.
  • A server that lets non-Steam players in. A master-server boost brings players on non-Steam builds. Steam CS 1.6 lists servers from Valve's own master server, not a seller's.
  • A budget for the whole period. Most packages run for a set number of days, and several sellers say they don't refund one once it is live.

On Hostsrc

The base pack accepts Steam and non-Steam clients, and our firewalls let non-Steam players through.

Steps

  1. Step 1: Find out exactly what they sell

    Ask which list your server goes into: the seller's master server, players' Favorites, the game menu, or a list on their website. Ask where in that list it sits and for how long.

    Save a copy of the seller's own description of the package. It is the only record of what you paid for.

  2. Step 2: Check whether it is priced per install or per period

    A period price runs for a set number of days, whatever happens in that time. A per-install price counts copies of the seller's game that get your server in Favorites or the game menu. An install is a copy of the game, not a player who joins.

    Ask what happens when the period or the installs run out, and whether the place renews on its own.

  3. Step 3: Ask whether they redirect or assign players

    Ask whether they redirect, distribute or assign players to servers. A redirect sends a player to your server without them choosing it. GameTracker.com names redirects in the same rule as boosting.

  4. Step 4: Ask whether players need the seller's own game

    Master-server boosts only reach players who use the seller's builds of CS 1.6. Ask which builds those are and where players get them. Don't download or run one yourself to check.

  5. Step 5: Ask whether they run bots or fake players

    Ask whether any player they send is a bot, a fake player or a spectator that never plays. GameTracker.com lists "More than 3 fake players or undetected bots" as a reason to derank or ban a server (GameTracker.com admin post (external site, opens in a new tab)).

  6. Step 6: Read their rules and refund terms

    Several sellers set rules for the servers they list. Some ban plugins that change players' binds, names or game menu, and redirect plugins. Check your plugins against those rules before you pay.

    Read the refund terms too. Of the services in the table below, fullserver.org says "We do not offer refunds for the services already active", cs-boost.lt says "No refunds will be provided once the listing is live", promocs.com says "all payments are final", and royalservers.eu says "nu facem refund !" (no refunds). unikov.net says unused funds can be refunded within 5 business days, minus fees and bonuses. gametracker.rs says boost credits are "generally non-refundable except where required by law or at our discretion".

Boosting services and their prices

Checked 20 October 2026. Prices change. Quotes are each service's own claims. We have no affiliation or partnership with any of these services.

Service details

Each service in the table, in the same order, with its own words and its full price list as shown on 20 October 2026.

gamespy.ro

  • Site: gamespy.ro (external site, opens in a new tab). Romania. Contact by WhatsApp, Steam and email.
  • What they say they sell: "a boost platform dedicated to Counter-Strike 1.6 servers".
  • How it works: In its words: "Each new player goes to the server with the most free slots that has not received a connection in the current cycle." "A cycle starts with the first assigned connection and ends when each eligible server has received one connection." Its live evidence page is headed "STEAM ON PLAYERS ONLY". A rotation boost is sold in rounds.
  • Prices, as shown: Period not stated. PLATINUM PACK € 40.00. DIAMOND PACK € 25.00. GOLD PACK € 15.00. JUCATORI STEAM ON+MASTERSERVER € 150.00. Rotation boost: prices not shown.
  • Discounts, as shown: None shown.
  • Rules and notes: No rules or refund terms published.

unikov.net

  • Site: unikov.net (external site, opens in a new tab). Romania (Bucharest, on its Facebook page).
  • What they say they sell: "push your server to the top and fill it with real players". Personal game clients: "your servers can always appear in the Favorites and Game Menu of players who download the client via your personal link".
  • How it works: Its master server and its own game clients. Subscription: "The server is located at the end of the server list (Master Server) in the game". VIP: "appears in the search immediately after servers with the BOOST service". Favorite + GM: "adding new players to the list of favorite servers", priced per install. A free test boost exists, conditions not shown.
  • Prices, as shown: In EUR. Be First + GM, 7 days: from 50, by auction. Top + GM: 1 / 7 / 30 days 10 / 60 / 200. Boost: 1 round 1 (was 2), 10 rounds 10 (was 20), 50 rounds 47.5 (was 95), 100 rounds 90 (was 180), 200 rounds 175 (was 350). VIP: 7 days 5.95 (was 7), 30 days 17 (was 20). Subscription: 30 / 90 / 180 days 10 / 28 / 50. Favorite + GM per installs: 1,000 for 5 (was 10), 10,000 for 40 (was 80), 60,000 for 175 (was 350), 120,000 for 300 (was 600). Color, 30 days: 2.
  • Discounts, as shown: -50% on Boost and Favorite + GM. -15% on VIP.
  • Rules and notes: Its rules (updated 12.09.2026) ban fake players, bots, fake servers, auto-connect, and bind and GameMenu hacks. Unused funds can be refunded within 5 business days, minus fees and bonuses. Donations are non-refundable. It runs a referral programme, and the link here is its public page.

gametracker.rs

  • Site: gametracker.rs (external site, opens in a new tab). Country not stated (.rs domain).
  • What they say they sell: "Do you want to increase the number of players on your CS 1.6 server? BOOST SERVER." Its terms: "Some features, such as server boosts, may require GameTracker credits purchased through PayPal or another supported payment provider." It also runs a server tracker with a "Boosted servers" list.
  • How it works: Not explained on its current pages.
  • Prices, as shown: Not published: billing needs a login.
  • Discounts, as shown: None shown.
  • Rules and notes: Its terms say boost credits are "generally non-refundable except where required by law or at our discretion". When we checked it on 20 October 2026, its download page started downloading an executable automatically.

fullserver.org

  • Site: fullserver.org (external site, opens in a new tab). Country not stated.
  • What they say they sell: Top Place: "Server is placed in the top list of MS". Favorites: "Server is added to the "favorites" tab in our CS 1.6 games". GameMenu: "a place in game menu in newly installed games". Turbo-Boost: "Servers rotated from first place to lower". Gold VIP: "third list in Master Server". VIP Place: "lowest list in Master Server". Lite VIP: "appears in Master Server occasionally". Permanent: "a permanent place in a dedicated game version". Maximum, by auction: "the most efficient boosting option". Pay for Players: "You're paying for a set amount of players you order", not explained further.
  • How it works: Its own master server, in its own CS 1.6 builds. It says "Players join servers manually via search results or gamemenu" and that it doesn't use "drop" methods. Favorites stay in new installs until the player removes them or reinstalls.
  • Prices, as shown: Turbo-Boost: "Bring your server back to place #1 | Price: 1 EUR". Other prices not published. Lengths: GameMenu +7 d or +30 d. Gold VIP, Favorites, VIP and Lite VIP +30 d or +90 d.
  • Discounts, as shown: "25% discount every day between 6PM and 7PM!" on Turbo-Boost, no timezone given. Single-use promo codes by email.
  • Rules and notes: No rules published. "We do not offer refunds for the services already active". Payment by PayPal and crypto.

royalservers.eu

  • Site: royalservers.eu (external site, opens in a new tab). Romania, in Romanian.
  • What they say they sell: "Detinem propriul masterserver si propria platforma de repartizare" (we have our own master server and our own distribution platform). Positions in its master list, "Favorit", "Repartizare Random" (random distribution) and a "Players SPAM" add-on.
  • How it works: Its own master server, plus what it calls its own distribution platform, which hands players out to servers at random ("Repartizare Random") instead of only showing them a list.
  • Prices, as shown: GameMenu 250 €. Diamond 200 €. Top 130 €. Basic 60 €. Master server only ("Pret MS") 25 €. TOP 5, TOP 10 and TOP 20 in the master list 60 €, 50 € and 40 €. "Master+Random+Favorit = 40€". "RANDOM SAU FAVORIT = 10€" (random or favourite). "Players SPAM" add-on +70 €. The page doesn't state the periods.
  • Discounts, as shown: "nu oferim reduceri" (we don't offer discounts).
  • Rules and notes: "nu facem refund !" (no refunds). Payment is described as a "donatie" (donation). It says player numbers have been falling since March, and that it doesn't look for partners ("nu cautam parteneri").

promocs.com

  • Site: promocs.com (external site, opens in a new tab). Country not stated.
  • What they say they sell: "Purchase cs 1.6 boost with real counter-strike 1.6 player traffic." "Counter-Strike 1.6 player traffic boost service with 100% real players."
  • How it works: "Every month, thousands of players download cs 1.6 through our custom game installer." Its terms say the service is "delivered exclusively inside the Counter-Strike 1.6 game" and that "Within approximately 20 minutes, the customer's server is submitted to the Counter-Strike 1.6 master server list". Players it sends may carry tags such as "procsLT" and "PROMOCS COM".
  • Prices, as shown: 30 Days CS 1.6 Boost €27.00 EUR (+0 Days Free). 60 Days €54.00 EUR (+2 Days Free). 90 Days €81.00 EUR (+2 Days Free). 120 Days €106.00 EUR (+2 Days Free). 150 Days €135.00 EUR (+5 Days Free). A "top 5" and a "top 20" package are listed as coming soon, without prices.
  • Discounts, as shown: Bonus days only, as listed with each package. No sale text.
  • Rules and notes: Its terms say "No forms of automatic or forced redirection to other servers are allowed." They also ban binding default keys or connect and say, plugins that "force or automate player connections to servers", GameMenu and VGUI changes, and changing players' configs or nicknames. The boost "does not guarantee that a specific number of players will join", and "all payments are final", with a refund only if the server "was NOT added to the boost system due to our own technical error".

set-master.ro

  • Site: set-master.ro (external site, opens in a new tab). Romania. Contact through Facebook.
  • What they say they sell: A list of CS 1.6 servers in its own clients, each with an end date. "Clientele noastre afișează o listă curată de servere, fără redirecte, fără servere la favorites fără random server în meniu." (Our clients show a clean server list: no redirects, no servers in Favorites, no random server in the menu.)
  • How it works: Its own clients list the servers, ordered by the player's ping ("în funcție de ping-ul/lag-ul jucatorului"). It says "Peste 90% dintre jucători sunt români, 10% străini și 0% boți" (over 90% Romanian, 10% foreign and 0% bots), and that players choose for themselves.
  • Prices, as shown: Not published. Contact through Facebook.
  • Discounts, as shown: None shown.
  • Rules and notes: "Nu este permisă folosirea de slowhack." (No slowhack.) "Nu este permisă utilizarea bind-urilor pe taste permante." (No permanent key binds.) "Nu este permisă publicitatea pe server la site-uri de download cs 1.6." (No adverts for CS 1.6 download sites on the server.) Refunds not stated.

cs-boost.lt

  • Site: cs-boost.lt (external site, opens in a new tab). Country not stated (.lt domain).
  • What they say they sell: "Place in Master-Server", "Place in Game-Menu" and "Place in Favorite list". Its terms call it a "paid advertising service".
  • How it works: "Master-Server server list gets updated every 20 minutes. Server list order is decided by player ping." It offers its own CS 1.6 download.
  • Prices, as shown: 30 days: € 20 EUR. 60 days (+5 d. free): € 40 EUR. 180 days (+20 d. free): € 120 EUR. One price table covers all three places.
  • Discounts, as shown: Bonus days: +5 days on 60 days, +20 days on 180 days.
  • Rules and notes: Its terms ban "any form of redirect", "auto-connect plugins", binding default keys or connect and say, GameMenu or VGUI changes, slowhacking, and uploading .dll or .exe files. "No refunds will be provided once the listing is live." A chargeback without contacting them first can lead to suspension and a permanent ban.

How to compare offers

Put every offer on the same footing before you compare prices.

  • Per period. Divide the price by the days it covers, and add any bonus days. cs-boost.lt and promocs.com add free days to their longer periods.
  • Per install. unikov.net sells Favorites and game menu places in batches from 1,000 installs. Each install is a new copy of the seller's game with your server added. Ask how long a batch takes to deliver.
  • Rounds. A round is a turn at the top of the seller's list. fullserver.org describes Turbo-Boost as "Servers rotated from first place to lower", and unikov.net sells Boost by the round. Ask how long a round lasts.
  • Rotation and distribution. Some services sell a turn in a rotation instead of a place in a list. gamespy.ro says "Each new player goes to the server with the most free slots that has not received a connection in the current cycle". Ask how a player ends up on your server, and whether they chose it.
  • VIP and other tiers. These are bands of the list, not the top. fullserver.org sells Gold VIP as "third list in Master Server", VIP Place as "lowest list in Master Server" and Lite VIP as "appears in Master Server occasionally". unikov.net's VIP "appears in the search immediately after servers with the BOOST service".
  • Auctions. unikov.net sells Be First + GM by auction, "from 50 EUR", and fullserver.org sells Maximum by auction. What you pay depends on the other bids.
  • Order by ping. cs-boost.lt and set-master.ro order their list by each player's ping, so your place depends on where the player is.
  • Where the players are. Sellers rarely say. set-master.ro says "Peste 90% dintre jucători sunt români, 10% străini și 0% boți" (over 90% Romanian, 10% foreign and 0% bots). Players far from your server's location get a higher ping.

What to avoid

  • Paying before you know how players arrive. Check how a service sends players to your server before you pay. GameTracker.com names redirects in its permanent ban rule.
  • Bots and fake players. That includes spectators that never play and padded player counts. GameTracker.com deranks or bans servers with "More than 3 fake players or undetected bots".
  • Buying votes or rewarding them. If you want a vote ranking that shows what players think, don't buy votes or give rewards for them. GameTracker.com also lists "Use of player/rank 'boosting' services" as a reason to derank.
  • Plugins that change players' game. Forced binds, renamed players, a changed game menu or a swapped server list change files on the player's computer, and the changes stay after they leave. Several sellers' own rules ban these plugins.
  • Unexpected downloads. If a page starts downloading a game or an installer on its own, close the page and don't run the file.
  • An IP with a past. If you take over a server or an address, check its GameTracker.com page first. A whole-IP ban there is permanent.

Troubleshooting

Will GameTracker.com ban my server if I buy a boost?

It can. GameTracker.com's rule says "Server boosting, redirects, and duplicate servers will lead to a permanent ban", and a whole-IP ban "is permanent. You will have to request a new IP". It also deranks servers for "Use of player/rank 'boosting' services".

Do Steam players see a boosted server?

Not through a seller's master server. Steam CS 1.6 lists servers from Valve's master server, and a seller's master server is only read by its own non-Steam builds. Some services sell Steam players separately: gamespy.ro has a "JUCATORI STEAM ON+MASTERSERVER" package. Ask how those players reach your server. A website listing is visible to anyone who opens that website.

Can non-Steam players join my Hostsrc server?

Yes. The base pack accepts Steam and non-Steam clients, and our firewalls let non-Steam players through.

The players from a boost have a high ping

They are probably far from your server. Ask the seller where its players are before you renew. set-master.ro, for example, says over 90% of its players are Romanian.

The boost ended and the server is quiet again

A boost is a place in a list for as long as you pay. When the period, rounds or installs run out, the place goes to another server. Check the seller's terms for what renews and what doesn't.

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