I’ve been playing tf2 ever since the orange box came out and while I enjoy it I was puzzled why the maximum server size in the browser was 24 players when games like counter strike source can support 32. So I looked around and found out that team fortress 2 does support 32 players.
Valve in its infinite wisdom has chosen to block 32 player servers from the game browser and hasn’t given an option to display servers larger than 24 players. Supposedly the game is made for 12vs12 which to me seems kind of limiting considering there are 9 classes.
I compiled a list of known TF2 32 player servers. Just add them to your favorites if you want to try 32 player. If you know of any more be sure to tell me in the comments. You can also use something like gamemonitor to see the active 32 player servers.
32 Player TF2 Servers
217.19.212.4:27017
74.53.95.133:27015
75.125.51.115:27015
75.125.51.114:27015
75.125.51.116:27015
68.178.255.207:27015
64.34.214.14:27015
208.122.49.153:27015
74.86.90.118:27015
74.86.110.129:27015
74.54.24.200:27015
64.34.212.154:27016
66.228.122.147:27015
74.86.94.176:27015
64.34.170.117:27016
206.196.106.182:27015
67.90.47.47:27015
91.121.79.198:27017
67.93.155.118:27015
69.65.39.149:27016
74.86.151.157:27015
74.86.151.156:27015
69.28.220.97:27040
32 Player TF2 Servers without VAC
89.190.205.222:27015
89.190.205.222:27016
Creating a 32 player server
If you want to create your own server you have to edit the server.dll for windows or the server_i486.so for linux. The links contain up to date downloads and instructions. Back-up your existing server_i486.so or server.dll from /tf2/bin before replacing.
After you’ve replaced the file, go to /tf2/cfg/valve.rc and open this file in notepad or something similar. Add the line:
maxplayers 32
Then in your startup for the dedicated server add:
+maxplayers 32
You will have to make these changes every time the server is updated from valve.
