Cheapest CS2 cases to open
42 cases ranked by what one opening costs: the case's market price plus its key. The cheapest right now is the Kilowatt Case at $2.74.
Cases by total opening cost, lowest first
| # | Case | Total cost | Case price | Key | Expected return | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kilowatt Case | $2.74 | $0.24 | $2.50* | $1.24 | 45.2% |
| 2 |  Revolution Case | $2.88 | $0.38 | $2.50* | $1.30 | 45.2% |
| 3 |  Recoil Case | $2.97 | $0.47 | $2.50* | $1.46 | 49.3% |
| 4 |  Snakebite Case | $3.24 | $0.74 | $2.50* | $2.04 | 62.8% |
| 5 |  Fracture Case | $3.28 | $0.78 | $2.50* | $1.38 | 42.2% |
| 6 |  Fever Case | $3.39 | $0.89 | $2.50* | $1.79 | 52.9% |
| 7 |  Gallery Case | $3.78 | $1.28 | $2.50* | $2.55 | 67.4% |
| 8 |  Dreams & Nightmares Case | $4.34 | $1.84 | $2.50* | $2.06 | 47.4% |
| 9 |  Prisma 2 Case | $4.55 | $2.05 | $2.50* | $2.62 | 57.7% |
| 10 |  Shattered Web Case | $10.33 | $7.83 | $2.50* | $4.79 | 46.3% |
| 11 |  Operation Broken Fang Case | $12.03 | $9.53 | $2.50* | $5.98 | 49.7% |
| 12 |  Clutch Case | $15.20 | $1.00 | $14.20 | $1.55 | 10.2% |
| 13 |  Revolver Case | $17.18 | $4.16 | $13.02 | $3.72 | 21.6% |
| 14 |  Operation Riptide Case | $17.32 | $14.82 | $2.50* | $6.76 | 39.0% |
| 15 |  Shadow Case | $17.43 | $2.57 | $14.86 | $3.46 | 19.9% |
| 16 |  Horizon Case | $18.14 | $2.58 | $15.56 | $3.34 | 18.4% |
| 17 |  Prisma Case | $18.21 | $2.17 | $16.04 | $3.16 | 17.4% |
| 18 |  Falchion Case | $19.19 | $2.46 | $16.73 | $3.22 | 16.8% |
| 19 |  Chroma 2 Case | $21.44 | $5.54 | $15.90 | $4.67 | 21.8% |
| 20 |  Operation Phoenix Weapon Case | $21.95 | $5.94 | $16.01 | $4.51 | 20.6% |
| 21 |  Operation Vanguard Weapon Case | $22.27 | $7.95 | $14.32 | $6.80 | 30.5% |
| 22 |  Spectrum 2 Case | $22.43 | $4.24 | $18.19 | $3.40 | 15.1% |
| 23 |  Danger Zone Case | $22.53 | $1.98 | $20.55 | $2.30 | 10.2% |
| 24 |  Chroma Case | $22.55 | $7.17 | $15.38 | $5.39 | 23.9% |
| 25 |  Operation Wildfire Case | $23.53 | $5.10 | $18.43 | $5.36 | 22.8% |
| 26 |  Gamma 2 Case | $23.69 | $4.51 | $19.18 | $3.92 | 16.6% |
| 27 |  Gamma Case | $23.95 | $4.60 | $19.35 | $4.28 | 17.9% |
| 28 |  Spectrum Case | $24.46 | $5.53 | $18.93 | $4.09 | 16.7% |
| 29 |  CS20 Case | $24.99 | $1.64 | $23.35 | $2.54 | 10.2% |
| 30 |  CS:GO Weapon Case 3 | $26.80 | $18.18 | $8.62 | $13.00 | 48.5% |
| 31 |  Winter Offensive Weapon Case | $26.85 | $15.35 | $11.50 | $8.91 | 33.2% |
| 32 |  Chroma 3 Case | $27.23 | $4.93 | $22.30 | $3.98 | 14.6% |
| 33 |  Huntsman Weapon Case | $27.48 | $12.53 | $14.95 | $7.05 | 25.7% |
| 34 |  eSports 2014 Summer Case | $36.05 | $20.07 | $15.98 | $12.00 | 33.3% |
| 35 |  Glove Case | $38.69 | $18.47 | $20.22 | $10.00 | 25.8% |
| 36 |  Operation Breakout Weapon Case | $39.42 | $11.69 | $27.73 | $6.51 | 16.5% |
| 37 |  eSports 2013 Winter Case | $42.93 | $26.95 | $15.98 | $18.40 | 42.9% |
| 38 |  CS:GO Weapon Case 2 | $44.84 | $36.22 | $8.62 | $25.53 | 56.9% |
| 39 |  Operation Hydra Case | $46.35 | $43.51 | $2.84 | $22.35 | 48.2% |
| 40 |  eSports 2013 Case | $83.96 | $67.98 | $15.98 | $19.35 | 23.0% |
| 41 |  Operation Bravo Case | $96.53 | $87.91 | $8.62 | $24.45 | 25.3% |
| 42 |  CS:GO Weapon Case | $184.28 | $175.66 | $8.62 | $54.70 | 29.7% |
How this is calculated
Total cost = the case's Steam Community Market price + the price of the key needed to open it. This is the same open-cost figure used on Case ROI and the case cost calculator.
* 12 case(s) use the $2.50 in-game store key price because their key has no Steam market listing. Cases without a market price are left out of the ranking. Market prices move; the snapshot date is shown below.
Prices: csgotrader.app steam.json (Steam Community Market) snapshot dated Oct 27, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC. DropLabz shows the snapshot's own timestamp; it is not a live feed.
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