Crosshair

CS2 · Misc. Two custom crosshairs drawn over the game: Recoil crosshair shows where the next bullet will go with recoil taken into account, and Sniper crosshair draws a crosshair on sniper rifles when not scoped and (if the scope overlay is removed) when scoped.

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Where to find it in the menu

Misc  →  Crosshair

The page has two cards: Recoil crosshair and Sniper crosshair. Each has its own header toggle.

How to enable

1. Menu (Insert) → Misc → Crosshair.
2. Recoil crosshair is off by default — turn on the header toggle of its card.
3. Sniper crosshair is on by default. To see it while scoped as well, turn on Remove scope overlay.
4. While the page is open and the sniper crosshair is on, the menu shows a preview of it, so you can immediately see how the settings change it.

What it does

Recoil crosshair

• Draws a small circle where the next bullet will land with the current recoil taken into account. During a spray it moves up and to the sides along with the spray pattern.
• While the point matches the center of the screen (you are not shooting), the circle is invisible; it fades in as it moves away from the center.
• Not drawn with sniper rifles or when you are dead.

Sniper crosshair

• Drawn only while you are holding a sniper rifle and are alive.
• Always visible when not scoped. When scoped — only if "Remove scope overlay" is on: the game's own crosshair disappears together with the overlay.
• Style sets what the crosshair is made of: cross, T-style (no top arm), dot, circle, cross and circle, corners.
• Spread: with "Follow spread" the arms (or only the ring) spread apart when the weapon loses accuracy — like the game's standard crosshair. "Spread ring" draws a circle the size of the cone the next shot can land in.
• Look: color (you can set a gradient across the crosshair parts or rainbow), opacity, dark outline, soft glow, a round halo under the center, and "breathing" — the glow and halo fade in and out.
• Options that do not affect the selected style are hidden. For example, the "Dot" style has no arm settings.

Settings

Recoil crosshair

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
State	Header toggle of the card	Off	—	Show the recoil crosshair
Radius	Slider	6	1–30	Circle size
Color	Color	White	—	Circle color
Outline	Toggle	On	—	Dark outline so the circle is visible on light backgrounds
Outline color	Color	Black	—	Outline color

Sniper crosshair

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
State	Header toggle of the card	On	—	Show your custom crosshair on sniper rifles
Remove scope overlay	Toggle	Off	—	Hide the dark scope mask when scoped. This is the only way your crosshair is visible when scoped

Shape

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
Style	Dropdown	Cross	Cross, T-style, Dot, Circle, Cross and circle, Corners	Which parts the crosshair is made of
Full-screen arms	Toggle	Off	—	Arms reach the screen edges instead of the set length. Only for styles with arms
Arm length	Slider	7	1–40	How far the arms extend from the center. For the circle — its size
Arm thickness	Slider	2	1–8	Line thickness
Center gap	Slider	4	0–30	Empty space between the center and the arms
Center dot	Toggle	On	—	Dot in the center. Hidden for the "Dot" style (it is always there)
Dot size	Slider	2	1–10	Center dot size

Spread

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
Follow spread	Toggle	Off	—	Spread the arms apart as accuracy is lost
Spread moves	Dropdown	Arms and ring	Arms and ring, Ring only	What exactly spreads apart. "Ring only" keeps the crosshair in place. Appears with "Follow spread"
Spread strength	Slider	100	0–400	How strongly the crosshair reacts to inaccuracy. Appears with "Follow spread"
Spread ring	Toggle	Off	—	A ring the size of the cone the next shot can land in
Ring thickness	Slider	1	1–5	Spread ring thickness. Appears with "Spread ring"

Look

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
Color	Color	White	—	Crosshair color. A gradient runs across the crosshair parts, rainbow across all of them together
Opacity	Slider	100	10–100	How solid the crosshair looks
Outline + Outline color	Toggle + color	On, black	—	Dark outline for light backgrounds
Glow	Toggle	On	—	Soft halo around the crosshair
Glow radius	Slider	4	1–24	How far the glow spreads. Appears with "Glow"
Glow takes the crosshair color	Toggle	On	—	Glow and halo use the crosshair's own color. Appears with "Glow" or "Center halo"
Glow color	Color	Light blue	—	Separate color for the glow and halo. Appears when "Glow takes the crosshair color" is off
Center halo	Toggle	Off	—	Soft round light under the center so the crosshair stands out from the background
Halo size	Slider	22	4–80	Halo width. Appears with "Center halo"
Breathing glow	Toggle	Off	—	Glow and halo smoothly fade in and out. Appears with "Glow" or "Center halo"
Breathing speed	Slider	60	10–200	How quickly the light fades in and out. Appears with "Breathing glow"

FAQ

My sniper crosshair is not visible when scoped. When scoped it is drawn only if Remove scope overlay is on: otherwise the scope mask with the game's own crosshair lies on top of it.

The recoil crosshair is not visible.

• It appears only when the impact point moves away from the center of the screen, that is, while shooting.
• The recoil crosshair is not drawn with sniper rifles.

I can't find the arm length / gap setting. Options that the selected style does not use are hidden. For example, with "Full-screen arms" the arm length is not needed, and the "Dot" style has no arms.