Cache is back. Valve confirmed on June 22 that the fan-favorite map will re-enter Counter-Strike 2’s Active Duty pool on July 6, replacing Overpass once Premier Season 4 concludes.
The map has been absent from the Active Duty rotation since 2019, which in esports years is basically a geological era.
What’s actually changing
The updated Active Duty pool will consist of seven maps: Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, Ancient, Anubis, and Cache. Overpass, which returned to the rotation around July 2025, exits after roughly one year of competitive play.
Cache re-entered non-competitive modes in April 2026 before this announcement, which in retrospect looked like Valve testing the waters before a full competitive return.
