Best Cases to Open in CS2

Counter-Strike 2 has many beautiful cosmetic items and many opportunities to obtain them. We wrote about them in our article How to Get Skins in CS2: A Comprehensive Guide. One way to obtain skins is to open cases.

In some cases, it costs less than a buck, while others cost almost a hundred dollars apiece. Do you want to open a case or make a quality investment but need to know which is the best fit? The xplay.gg team will help you determine the most profitable cases to open in 2024 and what you can get from them. 

Highlights

• Top of the best cases in CS2 based on the attractiveness of the items they contain and the likelihood of them falling out

CS2 recently got a big update that brought a new case and also fixed the foot animation, which is just as important:

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How to Get Counter-Strike 2 Cases

Players can get Counter-Strike 2 cases simply by playing the game as a weekly reward. These rewards can often include cases and sometimes even rare CS2 cases.

Another way to get CS2 weapon cases is to use the Steam Market. Obviously, you will have to splurge on this method, but you will also have a better chance of getting a better or rare case. 

Probabilities of Dropping Items from Cases

As you know, weapons in CS2 have different gradations, from Mil-Spec to Covert, which means they are of different rarities. The probabilities of items falling out of cases by rarity are roughly as follows:

• Mil-Spec (blue) - 79.92%
• Restricted (purple) - 15.98%
• Classified (pink) - 3.2%
• Covert (red) - 0.64%

Extremely rare special items are also in CS2 weapon cases, and the reward for unpacking one is either a knife or gloves. The probability of such items falling out is 0.26%.

Best Cases in CS2

Although not all players like to open cases in CS2, to make it easier for you, we have selected the best cases to open and explained in which of them you can find something outstanding: 

• Prisma Case
• Operation Broken Fang Case
• Recoil Case
• Fracture Case
• Dreams & Nightmares Case
• Snakebite Case
• Revolution Case
• Prisma 2 Case
• Operation Wildfire Case
• Operation Phoenix Weapon Case

A player on Reddit has calculated the probabilities of different items falling out. If you want to avoid choosing and opening cases, go to the xplay.gg servers and play with any skin you like for free. You can read more about CS2 Skins Inspect Servers here.

You can also use the new charms on our servers; more is in the article All New Weapon Charms in Counter-Strike 2.

Prisma Case

Price: From ~$0.80

The small cost of this case doesn't stop the Prisma case from being one of the best CS2 cases. You can find the AWP Atheris in it, and while it won't make you much profit, it is the perfect skin for your CS2 gear. In our article Best AWP Skins in CS2, you can find other AWP skin options.

If you want to profit from the case, you can find the M4A4 Emperor. From this case, you can drop four knives, such as the Ursus knife and Talon knife, in skins Tiger Tooth, Marble Fade, and Doppler, with expensive patterns Ruby, Sapphire, and Black Pearl.

Operation Broken Fang Case

Price: From ~$5.86

Known for its profitability in the CS2 community, Operation Broken Fang has brought a collection of eighteen innovative skins that have attracted attention in the market for their unique design and potential resale value.

The Operation Broken Fang case is known for its aesthetic appeal and investment opportunities. You can find the M4A1-S Printstream and score one of 24 pairs of gloves here. 

Here, you will also find an excellent Five-SeveN Fairy Tale skin, M4A4 Cyber Security, Glock-18 Neo-Noir, and many others that can bring you profit. Plus, the case is inexpensive, in the neighborhood of $5-6. Here's what players think of the case.

Recoil Case

Price: From ~$0.20

You can get a lot of adorable gloves from Recoil Case, as well as awesome weapon skins like the AWP Chromatic Aberration, AK-47 Ice Coaled, and, of course, the USP-S Printstream, which is one of the most popular USP skins in the entire game. And the coolest part is that the case costs less than $1. 

Fracture Case

Price: From ~$0.28

It contains the Desert Eagle Printstream skin you'll be able to discover in the Fracture case, which is lucky. In addition, this case includes many other cool skins, such as the AK-47 Legion of Anubis, Glock-18 Vogue, and M4A4 Tooth Fairy. You can also get a Skeleton Knife, a highly sought-after type of knife. The case is also relatively inexpensive, which increases its popularity among players. 

Dreams & Nightmares Case

Price: From ~$1.47

This case contains 17 skins created by the community, which were chosen in a contest. Since they are all designed by fans, each item differs from the usual skins you might see in CS2. If you collect skins for CS2, opening this case is a must. 

In addition to the astonishing knife variants you can get from them, they also contain AK-47 Nightwish and MP9 Starlight Protector. But there are some cool skins, too, like the USP-S Ticket to Hell, for example.  

Snakebite Case

Price: From ~$0.24

This is the second cheapest case in the game, with the same set of rare special items as the Recoil Case. Here, you can find such skins as the AK-47 Slate, the MP9 Food Chain, and the Galil AR Chromatic Aberration. There's also a great pair of Snakebite Case Gloves, but getting them is rare. 

Revolution Case

Price: From ~$0.38

Revolution Case is the most expensive of the best cases for CS2, but the skins in it justify its relatively high cost. It contains gloves from the top—Revolution Case Gloves!

Along with gloves, the case also contains hidden skins: M4A4 Temukau and AK-47 Headshot has many fans in the CS2 community. And if you are an anime fan, you can get a Glock-18 Umbral Rabbit or MAC-10 Sakkaku. Players on Reddit have also advised this case. We have an article about Best CS2 Anime Skins (TOP-15).

Prisma 2 Case

Price: From ~$0.89

If luck is on your side, you can unlock one of the fancy knives in the case. Talon Marble Fade and various Doppler phases, including Ruby and Sapphire. You can also find Tiger Tooth and Ultraviolet, and you can go no further because this case contains some of the best knife skins in CS2. 

But if you want skins for weapons, choosing another one is better. You won't find any highly outstanding copies here. The pros of this case study are also discussed on Reddit.

Operation Wildfire Case

Price: From ~$2.72

If you have this case piled up in your inventory, you might get lucky and get an AK-47 Fuel Injector, which can cost upwards of $400 on Steam for the Factory New variant.

However, less flashy skins like the FAMAS Valence or AWP Elite Build are just as popular in the community, making this case one of the best to open in CS2.

Operation Phoenix Weapon Case

Price: From ~$4.32

Two of the most popular items in the game can be found right here: the AWP Asiimov and AK-47 Redline. However, the minimum price of the case is 4.32 dollars.