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updates | April 25, 2026

How can I host a TF2 server with idle bots being advertised in the browser?

I'd like to host a TF2 server with bots. By default, there are no bots if I do not join, which is cool, since the server can idle. However, there are no bots advertised if I look up the game in my TF2 browser. I'd like to have a server with these properties:

  • The bots should idle if no humans are on the server.
  • Yet, the bots should be displayed in the TF2 browser (so they count as bots in the bot column) - even if they are in an idle state.

Is this possible, and how?

Note: It is not my idea to pretend that the bots are players, I just want to display the current number of bots in the bot count "column". Bots are easy to identify by their name in TF2, so there should be no confusion.

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