Anubis is a map from the official CS2 map pool, set in a city styled after Ancient Egypt, featuring temples, columns, and water canals. The map has two bomb sites (A and B), connected not only by a standard mid but also by a system of wells beneath the map — this gives teams additional paths for rotations and surprise flanks.
A distinctive feature of Anubis is that fights on the sites often take place through narrow passages and archways, where precise use of smoke grenades and molotovs is crucial: one well-placed piece of utility can block off several sightlines at once. Due to its dense layout, the map is considered demanding in terms of team coordination — teams that can quickly communicate about retakes and rotations feel more confident on it.
In the professional scene, Anubis regularly appears among the maps that teams either ban during the draft stage or, conversely, prioritize as "their own" — meaning a map with well-practiced defaults and prepared grenade lineups. Like any map in the pool, Anubis periodically receives changes through patches: developers adjust the geometry and side balance so that playing on attack and defense is roughly equal in strength.
A practical example: in a tournament final, a team might show a dominant result specifically on Anubis, taking the map with a clear advantage in round score — this often indicates not so much random luck as quality home preparation and well-rehearsed strategies on both sides of the map. Such lopsided scores on Anubis frequently signal that a team prepared systematically for this particular map, rather than simply being stronger in the moment.
For spectators, Anubis is also interesting visually: contrasting locations with vivid lighting and distinctive architecture make the map recognizable even without a caster's hints, which makes broadcasts easier to follow for new viewers of the discipline.