Best Cases to open in CS2 for the best rewards (2025)

Cases can be seen as the lifeblood of Counter Strike. They offer a completely different experience from the regular gameplay loop of the first-person shooter, allowing players to earn unique skins in exchange for their money or hard-earned keys. CS2 offers dozens of different cases that any player can open, and each one contains a variety of rewards, mainly in the form of skins. As there are so many cases, though, it can be difficult to know which ones are the best to open in CS2.

After all, you want to make sure you're spending your money and keys efficiently, and opening cases with lackluster rewards is going in the opposite direction of that. Fortunately, we've put together a list of five of the best cases you can currently open in CS2. These either offer highly aesthetically pleasing rewards or some of the rarest skins you can acquire.

We'll list the cases below (in no particular order) and go over what the cases cost, what they contain, and the best rewards you can earn from them in CS2.

First up is the Kilowatt Case, which was the first case specifically designed for CS2 instead of CSGO. The starting price for this case is dirt cheap, relatively speaking, and costs less than a dollar in most cases. It has a total of 17 rewards plus knives, and all of the top skins you can get are for some of the best weapons in CS2.

The highlight of the case is the AK-47 Inheritance, but you can also earn the Chrome Cannon AWP skin as well as the first-ever skin for the Zeus x27, Olympus. The luckiest among you have the chance to earn the Kukri Knife as well, which comes with a sleek red, orange, and pink fade design that looks absolutely incredible in-game. Here's a list of every reward that comes with the Kilowatt Case:

Next up, we have the Dreams & Nightmares Case, which is slightly more expensive than the Kilowatt Case in CS2, usually selling for between two and three dollars. However, the Dreams & Nightmares Case features skins created by community members, and every skin in the case is beautifully crafted. The skins also represent what fans want in their weapon skins, so there's bound to be something to your liking regardless of what you roll when opening the case.

As always, the case offers 17 rewards, not including knives, and includes top rewards such as the AK-47 Nightwish, the MP9 Starlight Protector, and the MP7 Abyssal Apparition. The case also offers a total of 30 knives to be earned from it. Here's a list of every reward that comes with the Dreams & Nightmares Case:

The third case on the list is the Gallery Case, which usually sells for under a dollar but comes with some of the flashiest skins you can own in CS2. The case features plenty of brightly-colored skins, and some of them have a shiny finish that makes them pop in any spot on a map.

You can earn 17 rewards from the Gallery Case, but the top earners are the M4A1-S Vaporwave and the Glock-18 Gold Toof. You can also unlock the decently priced AK-47 The Outsiders skin. There are no knives available from the case, however, which is why it's on the cheaper side. Here's a list of every reward that comes with the Gallery Case:

The Gamma 2 Case is one of the more expensive cases on this list, but for good reason. The skins included in the Gamma 2 Case are some of the best you can acquire in CS2 in terms of aesthetics.

The best skins in the case are the AK-47 Neon Revolution, the FAMAS Roll Cage, and the Tec-9 Fuel Injector. All of these have vibrant colors that stand out from the crowd, but they're also worth a pretty penny, so you might want to consider offloading them to fund your next round of case openings. The Gamma 2 Case also offers 30 possible knives to acquire. Here's a list of every reward that comes with the Gallery Case:

Rounding out the list is the Operation Hydra Case, which might cost the most at a given time between all the cases we've mentioned previously. However, the cost is worth the return, as you can earn some of the most sought-after skins in CS2 in the Operation Hydra Case.

The big ticket item is the AWP Oni Taiji skin, which fluctuates between $200 and $600 on the open market depending on its condition. You can also earn the Five SeveN Hyper Beast skin to use when you're on CT as well as the M4A4 Hellfire skin, both of which look fantastic. Every skin in the Operation Hydra Case is one that you'll want to use on the gun it comes on. In lieu of knives, the case also comes with the Hydra Case Gloves, which come in two dozen varieties and all go for upwards of $200. Here's a list of every reward that comes with the Operation Hydra Case:

And that does it for our list of the best CS2 cases you can open in 2025.

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