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CS2 server in Dubai, next to Valve's Dubai relay

Valve runs a CS2 relay in Dubai, and our Dubai server measured within a few milliseconds of it from Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE and Oman. Host your own Counter-Strike 2 server there for scrims, practice or a community, on Linux with room for the 60 GB install, from $56.90 a month.

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Measured

Our Dubai server and Valve's, side by side.

Round-trip times we measured on 15 October 2026 from the same test points to Valve's Dubai relay and to our Dubai server, 16 packets each. Lower is better; the lower figure in each row is in colour.

Round-trip time in milliseconds to Valve's Dubai relay and to our Dubai server
Measured fromValve's Dubai relayOur Dubai server
DohaQatar16 ms19 ms
RiyadhSaudi Arabia19 ms43 ms
JeddahSaudi Arabia31 ms36 ms
ManamaBahrain · 2 test points14-19 ms16-24 ms
DubaiUAE1 ms1 ms
FujairahUAE8 ms4 ms
MuscatOman · 2 test points9-14 ms9-14 ms
Kuwait CityKuwait163 ms102 ms
  • Valve's Dubai relay is the Dubai point of presence in Valve's own relay list for Counter-Strike 2.
  • Test points are in data centres and on home networks; your own connection may add a few milliseconds. Two cities had two test points, shown as a range.
  • Every Gulf city and both Valve relays are in the full Gulf table.

Order

Build your CS2 server in Dubai.

The same order form as our Cloud VPS page, set to Dubai and to sizes with 2 vCPU, 4 GB of RAM and a 65 GB disk or more. It opens on Ubuntu 24.04.

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Step 01

Choose a size

Sizes are fixed shapes, not sliders. Changing size later is a support request, and a smaller size usually means a new server because a disk cannot shrink.

Step 02

Choose an image

Clean vendor images, nothing preloaded that you did not ask for. You can rebuild onto any other image from the panel at any time.

Every image is the vendor's own, unmodified. If you want the machine configured before you log in, add a start-up script below.

Step 03

Choose a term and add-ons

Terms are prepaid. Annual takes 10% off the same monthly rate — it is a discount for paying up front, not a different product.

Billing term

$56.90 charged every month. Switch to annual at any renewal.

How many

One machine. Each one you add is built separately, with its own address and root password.

1

Not available on C2-4-150 in Dubai — its supplier has no nightly backup service we can switch on for this machine. Take your own backups off the box, or pick a machine that has them.

Finish line

C2-4-150 in Dubai

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS · Monthly · $56.90 due today

Sizes

Which size for your CS2 server.

Valve publishes a minimum of 2 GB of RAM and 65 GB of storage, not a players-per-size table, so these sizes are our reading. Prices are today's Linux prices, per month, in Dubai.

One server

C2-4-150Recommended

2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM

50 + 100 GB disk · 2 TB transfer

One server for matches, practice or a small community.

  • Dubai$56.90
Choose C2-4-150

Community

C4-8-150

4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM

50 + 100 GB disk · 4 TB transfer

A community server with plugins, or two servers side by side on different ports.

  • Dubai$87.90
Choose C4-8-150

Several servers

C8-16-350

8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM

50 + 300 GB disk · 5 TB transfer

Several servers on one machine, each on its own port, or plenty of headroom for plugins.

  • Dubai$190.90
Choose C8-16-350

Set up

From order to a running server.

The setup is the same in every city: SteamCMD, app 730, a Game Server Login Token, ports 27015 and 27020. The CS2 server page has every step from Valve's own guides.

Questions

What players ask first.

How close is your Dubai server to Valve's servers?
Very close. On 15 October 2026 we pinged both from the same test points: from Dubai 1 ms to Valve's Dubai relay and 1 ms to our Dubai server; from Doha 16 and 19 ms; from Manama 14-19 and 16-24 ms; from Muscat 9-14 and 9-14 ms. Valve's own relay list names Dubai as one of its points of presence.
Will this lower my ping in CS2 matchmaking?
No. Matchmaking games run on Valve's own servers, which you cannot choose or replace. This server is for your own games: scrims, practice, a community server or a tournament, played at about the ping your players already have to Valve's Dubai relay.
Is Dubai the right city for players in Saudi Arabia?
For Riyadh and Jeddah our Riyadh server measured lower: 2 ms from Riyadh and 16 ms from Jeddah, against 43 and 36 ms to our Dubai server. Order a CS2 server in Riyadh from the CS2 page.
What about Kuwait?
We could measure from only one network in Kuwait City, and it reached every Gulf server at 100 ms or more and Frankfurt faster, which points to that network's route through Europe rather than distance. We print no promise for Kuwait from one network.
What does a CS2 server need?
Valve lists Linux or Windows 10/11, 2 GB of RAM at minimum and 65 GB of storage, and other players can join only with a Game Server Login Token. Every size here is Linux with a disk of 65 GB or more; the CS2 page has the full setup with SteamCMD.
Can I pay with crypto?
Yes: card or cryptocurrency (USDT, Bitcoin or Ethereum), and the server costs the same either way. Paying in crypto adds a payment fee of $1 and 5% to the invoice, which the payment page shows before you send anything. Whichever you use, the monthly price renews at the same figure.

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