Pressure
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| Pressure | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Map type: | Capture the Flag |
| File name: | ctf_pressure
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| Released: | July 24, 2025 Patch (Summer 2025 Update) |
| Developer(s): | Mitchell "AltraNade" Leyte MuhNamesGreen Dansky Joel "zythe_" Morscher James "lolripk" Stevens Szabó "Maxxy" Attila James "McGuinnsBook" McGuinn Alien31 Phe Glebotron |
| Map Info | |
| Environment: | Research technologies |
| Setting: | Inside |
| Hazards: | Drowning |
| Deep Water: | Yes |
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| Map overview | |
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| Supporters Leaderboard | |
| “ | RED and BLU have discovered the legendary Megalodon being still alive, as well the location where he hangs out the most, now having their differences... RED wants to kill the beast, to gain a boost from the press about their company, promoting them also as good hunters, while BLU wants to use it as their main attraction for their exclusive acquarium(sic)!
— Pressure publicity blurb
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Pressure is a community-created Capture the Flag map released during the Summer 2025 Update. The map takes place in an underwater aquarium located at the bottom of the ocean. There are various bulky security cameras dotted around the map, which track players of the opposing team that enter their line of sight.
Pressure was contributed to the Steam Workshop.
Contents
Locations
- Team Spawns: Each team has a single spawn, with each spawn featuring two exits. The left most exit (for both teams) leads directly to the Office, while the main exit leads to a corridor lined with various aquaria.
- Office: A secluded area that is located to the left of the Excavation Site, overlooking it from a high ground perspective.
- Restricted Area: Taking a right turn after exiting the spawn leads one to an open garage door. Located behind it is a medium healthpack as well as one of the Wells.
- Intelligence Room: The room holding the Intelligence briefcase is located just past the Restricted Area when viewed from spawn. It is a very large chamber, featuring a row of windows on its right side through which a group of dolphins can be observed swimming in circles. Occasionally the main attraction of the aquarium, the megalodon, can be seen swimming past the windows. Next to the briefcase is a red button, which upon being pushed causes a loud roar to be emitted.
- Seagull Destroyer: Found only within the BLU Intelligence Room is a shooting gallery, in which players can partake in gunning down plushy seagulls. A barker will periodically call out to nearby players and prompt them to shoot at the birds. Upon hitting all the targets, confetti is released and the barker congratulates the players with a sarcastic remark. The shooting gallery then closes, before reopening again with brand new seagulls.
- Observation Deck: Exiting from the Intelligence Room are two staircases which eventually converge onto the Observation Deck, an elevated catwalk overlooking the Excavation Site.
- Ventilation Shaft: To the right side of the Observation Deck is an enterable ventilation shaft that leads to the Cryo Tanks.
- Cryo Tanks: A large chamber containing various pieces of machinery, as well as many ammo and health packs. Located to the right of it is the Resupply area.
- Resupply: In addition to their regular spawn, each team also has a separate team-exclusive area with a resupply cabinet inside. It is not possible to respawn here and changing class whilst inside this area simply relocates the player back to their usual spawn.
- Excavation Site: This is the central area of the map. It is a hollowed-out cave with a tall ceiling.
- Pit: Right in the middle of the Excavation Site is a wide pit whose bottom is flooded with water. On the water's surface is a small wooden plank, on top of which is a large healthpack.
- Underwater Caverns: A system of completely flooded tunnels permeate the lower part of the map. They begin at the Wells and converge at the Pit. Small and medium healthpacks can be found inside them.
- Wells: While the Pit is the main way of accessing the Underwater Caverns, there are also four wells (two on each side) that allow players to dive into the map's underground section. The first Well can be found in the Restricted Area, while the other one is next to the Cryo Tanks.
Seagull Destroyer & Megalodon
The Seagull Destroyer is voiced by James "McGuinnsBook" McGuinn.
| Megalodon |
Strategy
Main article: Community Pressure strategy
| “Sun Tzu's got nothing on us!” This map's Community strategy page is a stub. As such, it is not complete. You can help the Team Fortress Wiki Community Strategy Project by expanding it. Notes: None added |
Update history
July 24, 2025 Patch (Summer 2025 Update)
- Added Pressure to the game
Changelog
This is the changelog of the map before it was added to the game.
Changelog:
Changelog (April 21, 2025)
- Improved Clipping on Resurface cap rings
- Added Geysers!!!
- Fixed Megalodon clipping problems
Changelog (April 21, 2025)
- For the bot. GRRRR
Changelog (April 29, 2025)
- Last touches, playtest for now
- in-game billboards will have different ads, it's just a proto
Changelog (May 3, 2025)
- Added a minigame like pl_pier (if you get distracted... IT'S YOUR FAULT PAL!)
- Added small kit and a sign underwater
- Added colorfull hl2 based boxes
- Reduced alarms to 3 and added siren models
- Removed side flanks (i wanna see you complain now)
Changelog (May 4, 2025)
- Shoot the gull sign revamp
- Alarms switched to gamesounds
- Red intel soundscape change
Changelog (May 6, 2025)
- Seaguls(sic) have tire properties, so they are silent
- Seagull fisherman wants you to get rid of them!
- Updated briefcase (LzrS)
Changelog (May 13, 2025)
- Patched engineer build spots to enter spawnrooms
- Moved stuff slightly around RECTANGLE(sic) spawnrooms
Unused content
- The Intelligence briefcase has an unused neutral variant.
Trivia
- The Megalodon on this map's name is "Meg", referencing to the character Meg Griffin from the animated sitcom Family Guy.[1]
- Scattered across the map are several plaques containing useful information about a variety of fishes, namely the sardine, swordfish, spotted seatrout, yellowtail snapper, southern stingray, bottlenose dolphin, great white shark and finally; the largest plaque is dedicated to the extinct megalodon.
- The plaque with the swordfish incorrectly lists its Latin name as Sardina pilchardus, which belongs to the European pilchard. The actual proper classification for the swordfish is Xiphias gladius.
Gallery
- Intelligence
References
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