Simulator only — no real items are won. Prices are a cached Steam snapshot from Oct 27, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC and may be stale or missing for thin markets.
Rarity odds
Expected value
Assumptions
- Open cost = case price + key price (key not marketable → $2.50 store price).
- Skins within a tier are equally likely; StatTrak is an independent 10% roll.
- P(wear) = share of the skin's float range inside each wear band.
- Unpriced outcomes (0%) are excluded from the EV.
- Values are Steam Community Market snapshot prices, not net of market fees.
Rare special item pool
0.256% combined30 finishes share the 0.256% rare-special slot — roughly 1 in 11,730 for any single one. Doppler phases split their finish's share (phase odds are a community estimate; Valve never published them).
Covert
0.639% · 2 skins
Classified
3.197% · 3 skins
Restricted
15.985% · 5 skins
Mil-Spec Grade
79.92% · 7 skins
Dreams & Nightmares Case at a glance
The Dreams & Nightmares Case was released on 2021-11-17. One opening costs $4.34 ($1.84 for the case plus $2.50 for the key, the in-game store price since the key has no market listing), which ranks 8 of 42 cases from cheapest to most expensive. Its modeled expected return is $2.06 per opening, a modeled ROI of 47.4% (10 of 42 by ROI). That is an average over many openings, not a prediction for any single one.
Knives: Bowie Knife (6 finishes), Butterfly Knife (6 finishes), Falchion Knife (6 finishes), Huntsman Knife (6 finishes), Shadow Daggers (6 finishes)
Each knife/glove finish is equally likely within the gold tier: about 0.0085% per opening (1 in 11,730) for any one specific finish (Doppler phases share their finish's odds).
Prices from a Steam Community Market snapshot dated Oct 27, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC, not a live feed. Odds assume DropLabz's rarity model with equal weighting inside each tier.
Most valuable skins in the Dreams & Nightmares Case
| Skin | Rarity | Chance per opening | Steam price by wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK-47 | Nightwish | Covert | 0.320% · 1 in 313 | $84.90 – $151.95 |
| MP9 | Starlight Protector | Covert | 0.320% · 1 in 313 | $85.94 – $133.86 |
| FAMAS | Rapid Eye Movement | Classified | 1.066% · 1 in 93.8 | $7.80 – $34.10 |
| MP7 | Abyssal Apparition | Classified | 1.066% · 1 in 93.8 | $7.58 – $28.67 |
| Dual Berettas | Melondrama | Classified | 1.066% · 1 in 93.8 | $7.62 – $27.31 |
| G3SG1 | Dream Glade | Restricted | 3.197% · 1 in 31.3 | $0.75 – $5.77 |
| USP-S | Ticket to Hell | Restricted | 3.197% · 1 in 31.3 | $0.76 – $4.56 |
| M4A1-S | Night Terror | Restricted | 3.197% · 1 in 31.3 | $0.90 – $3.61 |
The 8 priciest of the case's 17 weapon skins, by their best non-StatTrak™ wear. The range runs from the cheapest wear to the most expensive; every skin and its odds are listed above.
Dreams & Nightmares Case knives: cheapest and most expensive
Cheapest knives
- Shadow Daggers | Bright Waterfrom $45.00
- Shadow Daggers | Black Laminatefrom $52.69
- Shadow Daggers | Autotronicfrom $61.75
- Shadow Daggers | Freehandfrom $66.05
- Bowie Knife | Black Laminatefrom $71.68
- Shadow Daggers | Lorefrom $73.03
Most expensive knives
- Butterfly Knife | Gamma Dopplerfrom $1,840+
- Butterfly Knife | Autotronicfrom $957.80
- Butterfly Knife | Black Laminatefrom $850.00
- Butterfly Knife | Lorefrom $745.57
- Butterfly Knife | Freehandfrom $725.86
- Butterfly Knife | Bright Waterfrom $715.68
Each of the 30 finishes has the same 1 in 11,730 chance per opening. Prices are each finish's lowest Steam Market listing; a + marks the Steam listing cap, where the real price is higher.
Dreams & Nightmares Case knife odds after N openings
| Cases opened | At least one knife | One specific finish | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2.5% | 0.09% | $43.40 |
| 50 | 12.0% | 0.43% | $217.00 |
| 100 | 22.6% | 0.85% | $434.00 |
| 250 | 47.3% | 2.11% | $1,085.00 |
| 500 | 72.2% | 4.17% | $2,170.00 |
| 1,000 | 92.3% | 8.17% | $4,340.00 |
0.256% per opening, so 1 − (1 − 0.00256)N after N. A 50% chance takes 271 openings and a 90% chance takes 900 (about $1,176.14 and $3,906.00 at today's $4.34 per opening).
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Trade up to Dreams & Nightmares Case skins
Every skin below can be the result of a trade-up using this case's collection — see the routes, odds and input floats for each.
- ★ Bowie Knife | Autotronic
- ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate
- ★ Bowie Knife | Bright Water
- ★ Bowie Knife | Freehand
- ★ Bowie Knife | Gamma Doppler
- ★ Bowie Knife | Lore
- ★ Butterfly Knife | Autotronic
- ★ Butterfly Knife | Black Laminate
- ★ Butterfly Knife | Bright Water
- ★ Butterfly Knife | Freehand
- ★ Butterfly Knife | Gamma Doppler
- ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore
- ★ Falchion Knife | Autotronic
- ★ Falchion Knife | Black Laminate
- ★ Falchion Knife | Bright Water
- ★ Falchion Knife | Freehand
- ★ Falchion Knife | Gamma Doppler
- ★ Falchion Knife | Lore
- ★ Huntsman Knife | Autotronic
- ★ Huntsman Knife | Black Laminate
- ★ Huntsman Knife | Bright Water
- ★ Huntsman Knife | Freehand
- ★ Huntsman Knife | Gamma Doppler
- ★ Huntsman Knife | Lore
- ★ Shadow Daggers | Autotronic
- ★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate
- ★ Shadow Daggers | Bright Water
- ★ Shadow Daggers | Freehand
- ★ Shadow Daggers | Gamma Doppler
- ★ Shadow Daggers | Lore
- AK-47 | Nightwish
- MP9 | Starlight Protector
- Dual Berettas | Melondrama
- FAMAS | Rapid Eye Movement
- MP7 | Abyssal Apparition
- G3SG1 | Dream Glade
- M4A1-S | Night Terror
- PP-Bizon | Space Cat
- USP-S | Ticket to Hell
- XM1014 | Zombie Offensive
