Map prefixes and suffixes

Common traditional naming conventions for maps for some Half-Life and Source games use a small prefix (often two or three letters) followed by an underscore at the beginning of the map name. For example "de_dust", where "de_" is the prefix and "dust" is the map name. In addition, some custom maps can be marked with unofficial prefixes, either to denote its nature or to brand it.

Todo: Add descriptions and prefix names for those who do not have any.

Official games

Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Prefix	Map Type	Description
Official (general)
cs	Hostage Rescue
de	Bomb Defusal & Arsenal: Demolition
Official (Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source)
as	Assasination	Counter-Strike and VIP Mod only
es	Terrorist Escape	Now defunct, originally official
tr	Training Maps	Only official appearance in Counter-Strike 1.5 retail.
Official (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
ar	Arsenal: Arms Race
dz	Danger Zone
gd	Guardian Scenario
coop	Co-op Strike Scenario
Unofficial
aim	Aim Arena	Has teams that are restricted to one class of weapon and have no objectives except to eliminate the opposing team. Emphasis is placed on player's aim.
awp	AWP Arena	Restricts players to AWPs only
bhop	Bunny Hop Maps
cp	Control Points
dm	Deathmatch Arena	Used by deathmatch mods for CS and CS:S. These maps are usually small and simple like "fy" maps but adapted in order to have multiple spawn points.
dr	Dead Run	Race mod (unofficial gamemode)
fy	Frag Yard / Fight Yard	Map with an assortment of weapons spawning on the ground versus player inventory.
fun	Fun Map	Map with some strange objectives, contraptions or other mysterious things.
mg	Same as Fun Maps	Mostly obstacle courses and games with unbalanced teams (i.e. attack and defend with more attackers than defenders).
gg	Gun Game (Original Arms Race)	The only objective on this map is to kill the other team. You can level up to get better guns.
he	Heavy Explosive Grenade Arena	Restricts players to Heavy Explosive grenades.
nade
hg	Hunger Games	Usually big maps with weapons scattered around the arena. Last man standing wins the round.
ka	Knife Arena	Restricts players to knives only.
kz	Kreedz Climbing
pa	Prepared Assault
surf	Surf Maps	Surf Maps (unofficial gamemode).
texture	Secondary prefix	Denotes a map that only uses dev textures.
ze	Zombie Escape	Zombie mod escape maps (unofficial gamemode)
zm	Zombie Mod	Zombie mod barricade maps (unofficial gamemode)

Note:Condition Zero uses enhanced versions of the original Counter-Strike maps denoted with a "_cz" suffix.

Day of Defeat and Day of Defeat: Source

Prefix	Map Type	Description
dod	Default Prefix
para	Para Maptype	Last seen in Day of Defeat beta 3.1

Alien Swarm

Prefix	Map Type	Description
asi	Default Prefix
jac#	?	Second prefix assigned to the above, used in missions, where the octothorpe define a number, usage currently unknown.

Deathmatch Classic

Prefix	Map Type	Description
dmc	Default Prefix	This is the default prefix for all maps in Deathmatch Classic.

Half-Life

Prefix	Map Type	Description
c0	Chapter 0	Train Ride
c1	Chapter 1	Black Mesa Sectors
c2	Chapter 2	Black Mesa Trainride
c3	Chapter 3	Black Mesa Outside
c4	Chapter 4	Xen
c5	Chapter 5	Ending
t0	Training	Training Maps
hldemo	Demo Maps	Originally found in Half-Life: Uplink

Half-Life: Blue Shift

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ba	Default Prefix	This is the default prefix for all of the game's maps.

Half-Life: Opposing Force

Prefix	Map Type	Description
of	Default Prefix
op4cp	Capture Point
op4ctf	Capture The Flag

Half-Life Decay

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ht	Default Prefix
dy	Default Prefix	Prefix for maps on the PC ported version.

Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and Half-Life 2: Episode 2

Prefix	Map Type	Description
d1	Day One	Used in Half-Life 2's singleplayer campaign for Day One of the story, "Point Insertion" to "We don't go to Ravenholm".
d2	Day Two	Used in Half-Life 2's singleplayer campaign for Day Two of the story, "Highway 17" to "Entanglement".
d3	Day Three	Used in Half-Life 2's singleplayer campaign for Day Three of the story, "Entanglement (continued)" to "Dark Energy".
ep1	Episode 1	Used in Half-Life 2: Episode 1's singleplayer campaign maps.
ep2	Episode 2	Used in Half-Life 2: Episode 2's singleplayer campaign maps.

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Prefix	Map Type	Description
Official
dm	Deathmatch	Default Prefix
Unofficial
js	Coop

Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2

Prefix	Map Type	Description
l4d	Co-op	Storyline based gameplay
l4d_sv	Survival
l4d_vs	Versus
c#m#	Campaign #, Mission #

Portal

Prefix	Map Type	Description
testchmb	Test Chambers	Early levels (Test chambers 1-19)
escape	Facility Escape

Portal 2

Prefix	Map Type	Description
sp_a1	Single Player Maps (Act 1)
sp_a2	Single Player Maps (Act 2)
sp_a3	Single Player Maps (Act 3)
sp_a4	Single Player Maps (Act 4)
mp_coop	Coop Maps

Note:The player will spawn with a portal gun dependent on the map prefix - for example, starting with sp_a1 will start you with a single portal gun.

Ricochet

Prefix	Map Type	Description
rc	Default Prefix

Team Fortress Classic

Prefix	Map Type	Description
Unofficial
conc	Concussion	Using concussion grenades to do a climb/jump sort of map.

Team Fortress 2

Prefix	Map Type	Description
Official
arena	Arena Maps	Added with the August 19, 2008 update.
cp	Control Point	Original Shipping Map Type
ctf	Capture the Flag	Original Shipping Map Type
pl	Payload	Added with the April 29, 2008 update.
tc	Territorial Control	Original Shipping Map Type
plr	Payload Race	Added with the May 21, 2009 update.
koth	King of the Hill	Added with the August 13, 2009 update.
tr	Training
sd	Special Delivery	Added with the pyromania update
mvm	Mann vs Machine	Added with the MVM update
rd	Robot Destruction
pd	Player Destruction
pass	PASS Time	Used by maps utilising the PASS time gamemode.
Unofficial
ccp	Cyclic Capture Points
db	Dodgeball
dm	Deathmatch
duel
dom	Domination
es	Escort
jump	Rocket Jumping	Jump maps (rocket or sticky jumping). Fun skill maps that have little or no competitive fighting, but rather are for players to practice using Soldier or Demoman classes, using their explosive weaponry to propel themselves to difficult heights, or through difficult obstacles. (Examples include: rj_rocketeer, JUMP_HOBO)
rj
kotf	King of the Flag	The intel must be held for an allotted amount of time for a successful capture. Only one flag.
ktf
melee	-	Melee only map
sniper	-	Sniper only/preferred map
toy	-	Players are small compared to the level scale
rats
rc	Random Capturepoints	Capture Point match where the points are randomly assigned
vip	Hunted map	Hunted map, to be used with the Hunted mod
core	Core Destruction	Must destroy the primary core to win the round.
surf	Surfing map	Players strafe into angled surfaces, exploiting the game's physics to reach high speeds. Servers require an increased "sv_airaccelerate" value, ususally 100 or 150. Maps may be played as cp, ctf, dm, arena, or skill. (skill-surf simply being a challenging map that involves no deathmatch).
ph	Prophunt	Red team is turned into various props, and given an amount of time to hide around the map. Blue team must find them all before the round ends. Usually when there is one prop left alive, they are given their weapons back and Blue team is coated with Jarate. To be used with the Prophunt (Hide and Seek) mod.
vsh	VS Saxton Hale	VS Saxton Hale, used with the Versus Saxton Hale mod and the Freak Fortress mod.
pf	Parkour Fortress	Used with the Slag Gaming Parkour Fortress mod.
dr	Deathrun	Red team must survive a course of map-based traps activated by a player on Blue team. Used with either VSH or a similar mod.
mge	My Gaming Edge	One-on-one deathmatch with the "My Gaming Edge" mod
td	Tower Defense
achievement	Achievement Idle
fw	Fort Wars
ba	Jail Break
jail
slender	Slender Fortress
sb	Smash Fortress
zf	Zombie Fortress
szf	Super Zombie Fortress
zom	Zombie Mod
tf2ware	Team Fortress 2 Ware
tfkart	Team Fortress 2 Kart
tf2kart
kr
trade	Trade maps

Third-party mods

SiN Episodes: Emergence

Prefix	Map Type	Description
se1	Default Prefix	Used by all of the singleplayer campaign maps in the game.
arena	Arena Maps	Arena maps are where the player has to survive for as long as possible against infinite spawning enemies.

Garry's Mod

Prefix	Map Type	Description
Official
gm	Default Prefix
gmdm	Garry's Mod Deathmatch
mr	Melon Racer
ifn	Infection	Unreleased test gamemode
ttt	Trouble in Terrorist Town
ph	Prophunt
Unofficial
rp	Roleplay
sb	Space Build
gms	Stranded
zs	Zombie Survival
fw	Fort Wars
cinema	Cinema

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ch	Chinatown	Singleplayer Chinatown based maps
hw	Hollywood	Singleplayer Hollywood based maps
la	Los Angeles	Singleplayer Los Angeles based maps
sm	Santa Monica	Singleplayer Santa Monica based maps
sp	?	Singleplayer ? based maps

Brain Bread

Prefix	Map Type	Description
bb	Default Prefix

Dino D-Day

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ddd	Default Prefix

D.I.P.R.I.P.

Prefix	Map Type	Description
diprip	Default Prefix

Dystopia

Prefix	Map Type	Description
dys	Default Prefix
pb	?

Empires

Prefix	Map Type	Description
emp	Empires	Fully featured empires map. Has FPS and RTS gameplay with commander role.
con	Conquest	FPS only gameplay. Does not have a commander. Sometimes has vehicles.
fun	Fun	Fun map generally not meant to be taken seriously.

Eternal Silence

Prefix	Map Type	Description
es	Default Prefix

Fortress Forever

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ff	Default Prefix

Gunman Chronicles

Prefix	Map Type	Description
demo	Gunman Chronicles demo
cinematic	Cutscene
city	?
mayan	?
rust	?
west	?
rebar	?

Half-Life 2: Capture The Flag

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ctf	Capture the Flag
dom	Domination

Hidden: Source

Prefix	Map Type	Description
hdn	Hidden
ovr	Overrun

Insurgency

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ins	Default Prefix

Iron Grip: The Oppression

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ig	Default Prefix

Jailbreak

Prefix	Map Type	Description
jb	Default Prefix

Black Mesa Source

Prefix	Map Type	Description
bm	Default prefix	Used for all singleplayer missions
dm	Deathmatch	A multiplayer PvP match.

Natural Selection

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ns	Default Prefix
co	Combat

Obsidian Conflict

Prefix	Map Type	Description
oc	Default Prefix
oc_vs	PvP

Project Valkyrie

Prefix	Map Type	Description
3mm	3-Month Mod

Sourceforts

Prefix	Map Type	Description
sf	Default Prefix

The Specialists

Prefix	Map Type	Description
ts	Default Prefix

Sven Co-op

Prefix	Map Type	Description
sc	Default Prefix	Older Sven Co-op maps tend not to have prefixes, but, to stop confusion with third-party single player levels and original Half-Life multiplayer add-ons, this prefix has come into use.

Synergy

Prefix	Map Type	Description
syn	Default Prefix

Zombie Master

Prefix	Map Type	Description
zm	Default Prefix

Zombie Panic and Zombie Panic! Source

Prefix	Map Type	Description
zps	Survival
zpo	Objective Mode
zph	Hardcore
zpa	Arena

Unclassified prefixes

Prefix	Map Type	Description
jp	?
kz	Climbing/jumping
nrp	?
proto	Prototype map
rwp	?
sa	Snipers Alley
sdk	SourceSDK example map
test	Test map
perftest	Performance Test map
zoo	Object Gallery

Thematic

Prefix	Map Type	Description
killbox	Killbox (DM)	Map consisting of at least one box-shaped arena.