A souvenir case (Souvenir Package) in CS2 differs from a regular case in three ways: it is released only for a Major and tied to one of the tournament maps, it opens without a key, and every skin inside carries stickers of the tournament, the teams in the chosen match and sometimes the autograph of the top player. Because supply is limited, souvenir skins and packages from older events cost noticeably more than their regular counterparts. Below is how you get them and why some became collector items.
How to get souvenir skins
New souvenir skins only come from Souvenir Packages, which are released during Majors. Packages used to drop at random to people watching match broadcasts, but starting with StarLadder Berlin 2019 the system changed: packages are redeemed with Souvenir Tokens, sold separately or bundled with the Viewer Pass, and also earned through challenges. Majors in CS2 work the same way; the steps are covered in our guide on how to get souvenir packages in CS2. You can also buy the packages and the skins from them from other players on the market.
Visually, souvenir skins stand out mainly through stickers you cannot get any other way: usually the gold tournament logo, the logos of the teams that played the chosen match and a player autograph. For more on what a souvenir skin in CS2 is and how it differs from StatTrak, see our separate explainer.
How souvenir cases work
Souvenir Packages have been released since 2013, usually for two Majors a year. Each package contains weapons from the collection of the map the match was played on, so one tournament has several different packages, one per map in the pool.
For example, at IEM Rio 2022 viewers got weapons from the Nuke, Mirage, Dust2, Vertigo, Ancient, Overpass and Inferno collections. Every item had a gold tournament sticker plus stickers of the teams in the match chosen when the package was opened. Packages from recent Majors, such as PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, trade for $2 to $4.
This is exactly why some skins become rare and expensive. The best-known case is the souvenir Dragon Lore. The skin belongs to the Cobblestone Collection, and the map left the competitive pool long ago, so no new souvenir packages with this collection are released and supply is capped at the copies already in circulation. Right now a Souvenir AWP | Dragon Lore costs from about $7,000 in Field-Tested to around $12,000 in Factory New, and the Cobblestone packages from the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Majors go for $630 to $740.
Even outside such extremes, souvenir skins usually cost more than standard versions because of the unique stickers and the limited drop window. That is why souvenir packages and their skins appeal to collectors; the top examples are in our list of the most valuable souvenir packages in CS2. Keep in mind that price growth on old packages is not guaranteed and takes years. If you missed a tournament, you can buy packages and finished souvenir skins on LIS-SKINS.
