Dedicated Server Name Enumeration

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This is a list of all "Game Name Abbreviations" that can be used with the -game <game> command line option.

For example:

hldsupdatetool.exe -game "sin" -dir "sin_dedserv"
srcds.exe -game "cstrike" -autoupdate
hl.exe -game "czero" -console

Source

"hl2" (*) Half-Life 2
"cstrike" (*), "Counter-Strike Source" (**) Counter-Strike: Source
"dod" (*), "dods" (**) Day of Defeat: Source
"hl1mp" (*) Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
"hl2mp" Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
"lostcoast" (*) Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
"episodic" (*) Half-Life 2: Episode One
"ep2" (*) Half-Life 2: Episode Two

GoldSource

"bshift" (*) Half-Life: Blue Shift
"cstrike" Counter-Strike
"czero" Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
"dmc" Deathmatch Classic
"dod" Day of Defeat
"gearbox" Opposing Force
"ricochet" Ricochet
"tfc" Team Fortress Classic
"valve" Half-Life

Third party

"czeror" (*) Condition Zero Deleted Scenes
"mmdarkmessiah"(*), "darkmessiah"(**) Dark Messiah
"garrysmod" Garry's Mod
"redorchestra" Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
"ship" The Ship
"sin" SiN 1
"se1" (*) SiN Episodes: Emergence

(*) These abbreviations can not be used for the HLDS Update Tool.
(**) These abbreviations can only be used for the HLDS Update Tool.