The best purple skins in CS2 cover almost every weapon: the Glock-18 | Moonrise for under a dollar, the FAMAS | Pulse from $8, the AWP | Chromatic Aberration from $25, the AK-47 | Neon Rider from $35 and the USP-S | Black Lotus for under a dollar in worn condition. For a knife, the Karambit | Ultraviolet starts around $450. Prices are starting prices for the cheapest wear on LIS-SKINS; Factory New copies cost noticeably more.
Picking skins by color is one of the simplest ways to build a recognizable inventory, and the variety of finishes in CS2 makes it easy to put together a striking set in any color you like. Below is a selection of purple skins that work well together, and you can round them off with matching purple charms.
Glock-18 Moonrise
This Clutch Case skin shows a night city against a purple sky. The cityscape depends on the pattern index, which sets the position of the moon, the buildings and the stars. Glock-18 | Moonrise copies where a star lands exactly on the button under the slide are valued especially highly. A regular copy is cheap, though: Field-Tested costs under a dollar and Factory New about $2.
FAMAS Pulse
The FAMAS | Pulse design arrived back in 2013 with the Winter Offensive Case and is still popular. Its geometric pattern runs through shades of purple from the darkest to the brightest, and the grid of triangles looks three-dimensional. The placement of the texture also depends on the pattern index, but all variations are valued about the same. The skin comes only in Factory New to Well-Worn and costs from $8, with Factory New around $25.
AWP Chromatic Aberration
Another purple skin built on an optical effect is the AWP | Chromatic Aberration from the Recoil Case. The body carries purple stripes on a black background, but their edges look slightly blurred because the color channels are printed with an offset. The effect is strongest at the back of the rifle, where the icons and labels look as if they were printed twice. The regular version costs from $25 to $70, and a StatTrak Minimal Wear copy is about $25.
AK-47 Neon Rider
The AK-47 | Neon Rider from the Horizon Case is a must in any list of purple finishes. The artwork on the center of the body is built from shades of purple and pink, with a helmeted racer wearing a monster head in the background. All those bright details share a theme of speed and motion, and better wears cost noticeably more: from about $35 in Battle-Scarred to around $210 in Factory New, with StatTrak Field-Tested near $75.
USP-S Black Lotus
The dark purple USP-S | Black Lotus from the Operation Riptide Collection features refined floral motifs. Most of the body stays black, while the slide carries a detailed flower on a dark background. The silencer gets perforations, and the grip shows a light purple gradient. It is one of the most affordable picks here: under a dollar in worn condition and about $20 in Factory New. More floral designs are collected in our article on flowers on CS2 skins.
Karambit Ultraviolet
If you want a purple knife, the obvious choice is the Karambit | Ultraviolet from the Chroma cases. The blade is coated in a deep purple that matches any skin on this list. It comes in all five wears and starts around $450, with Factory New near $2,000. The purple variants of the AK-47 | Aphrodite, by contrast, are priced by pattern, as explained in our Aphrodite pattern guide. For a more varied palette in one inventory, see our pick of bright and colorful skins.
