Throughout the ten years of skins, Valve has released around 40 cases in CS:GO, yet not a single one in Counter-Strike 2 (but it’s a matter of time). We can still open the same cases in CS2, and if things go our way, become rich or at least very pleased. Some CS2 Cases cost less than a dollar, others can price up to a hundred bucks apiece. So, if you decided to open some cases and don’t know which ones are most profitable in 2024, CS.MONEY Blog can help. Today, we name which cases are best to open this year and what you can get from them in a detailed guide.
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Profitable CS2 Cases in 2024
Let’s start with the most important thing: there are no profitable cases in CS2. All cases have a return investment rate of less than one, that is, simply put, every dollar spent into opening cases will bring in, at best, 60 cents. We’re not imagining, it’s just pure and dry case opening stats, unfortunately.
At the same time, CS2 has really unprofitable cases and less unprofitable cases. But for some cases, a rare drop — a knife or gloves — may be of particular interest. Therefore, when compiling the top best cases to open in 2024, we took into account not only the return on investment rate, but also other features. We’ll explain everything below.
So, what are the best cases in CS2 in 2024 to buy and open? We’ve got some ideas. And of course, click on the names to buy them quickly and cheaper than on Steam using CS.MONEY.
Snakebite Case: cheapest, best value glove case
Snakebite Сase is currently in the Prime Drop pool, meaning this case can be picked up as a weekly drop. Hence the very low price of the case: at the beginning of 2024, it’s only about 40 cents per case. Don’t forget to add the cost of the key to get a little less than three dollars to open each case.
Snakebite Case, one of the profitable cases to open in 2024, has a return on investment of 46%, that is, if you spend a dollar, on average you can get back a skin worth about 46 cents. Snakebite has rare drops as well: gloves, and the average cost of one pair is approximately $300.
Fracture Case: cheapest, best value knife case
Each Fracture Case costs about 80 cents. Like Snakebite, Fracture sit still in the Prime Drop pool. It can be obtained once a week for leveling up or can be easily purchased from another player. Here, too, you have to spend $2.50 on a key to open, so it’s around ~$3.30 in total. Basically, it’s the same as with Snakebite, but instead of gloves you can get a knife as a rare drop. Surely, if you’re lucky enough.
Average investment return in Fracture is, however, slightly lower: 41%. Rare drops and Covert skins from this case are not very expensive, $300 and $36, respectively. However, this is still a good case to open in 2024.
Operation Wildfire Case: the least unprofitable case
Operation Wildfire Case costs about $3 each, with another two and a half bucks for the key. In total, each open case costs $5.50. Despite this price, the return on investment for the case is by far the highest: 59%. This is the most profitable case of all in CS2, if we talk about the average cost-profit level.
Interestingly, the Golden drop in Operation Wildfire Case is… meh: a Bowie knife, for example, costs only about $240. But, the main prize here is an AK-47 Fuel Injector! Even in Minimal Wear condition, such a skin can cost up to three hundreds!
Operation Breakout Case: best rare drop case
In 2023, Butterfly Knives got into in the list of the most expensive sales on CS.MONEY. Why we mention it? See, Operation Breakout Case stands out because its rare drop is 13 types of Butterfly Knives! This one’s a community favorite: people like BFs a lot and will keep spinning it in their hands even ten years from now. So, the average cost of a BF knife from this case is about $700.
However, there is also a downside. Breakout Case’s return on investment rate is only 27%. In other words, it’s is a trap for burning money in pursuit of the coolest knife in CS2. Is it worth buying this case if you want to profit? Well, you better not.
Most profitable option on how to get a knife or gloves in CS2
Remember: case opening is basically a gamble. If you’re lucky, you can drop a knife for tens of thousands of dollars. If you’re unlucky, you can spend tens of thousands and not drop a single knife at all. Just recently, one famous streamer lost a five-figure sum on his stream just on cases and received nothing, and this is a lesson. But there is one very simple, profitable and reliable option to get a knife: buy knives and gloves on CS.MONEY Market. This option has two big advantages.
First of all, no gamba. On CS.MONEY, each knife has an item card where you can inspect them, learn patterns and wears, and then make a thought-through decision. Second, given the level of return on investment for cases, just buying skins in the vast majority of cases will be noticeably cheaper than opening cases. So be sure to check out CS.MONEY Market and style up your inventory with fresh skins easily!
