Souvenir packages in CS2 are handed out during Majors: the easiest way to get them is the Viewer Pass with souvenir tokens and leveling up your Pick’Em coin, or buying them in the in-game store while the event is running. Packages from past Majors no longer drop, so you buy them on the market: recent ones cost about $2 to $4, while rare CS:GO-era packages reach hundreds of dollars. Souvenir packages do not need a key.
Souvenir packages contain special versions of skins with team stickers and an autograph of the round MVP; see what a souvenir skin is in CS2. These versions usually cost noticeably more than regular ones, and the drop rules have changed several times over the game's history.
When You Can Get Souvenir Packages
Souvenir packages are tied to CS2 Majors and are given out while the event is running. The easiest way to get several is to buy the Viewer Pass in the in-game store during the Major. It usually comes in two versions, with or without three souvenir tokens. Each token can be exchanged for a souvenir package tied to any completed match of the Major. This works out slightly cheaper than buying the pass and the packages separately. For how it worked at the latest event, see our guide to tokens and the Viewer Pass at StarLadder Budapest Major 2025.
You can also earn extra souvenir tokens during a Major by leveling up your Pick’Em coin. It has four levels (bronze, silver, gold and diamond), so the upgrades can give you up to three more tokens. This only works while the event is on: at PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, for example, the tokens were available until March 31.
There is no limit on how many souvenir packages one player can open. If you want more than the pass and Pick’Em give you, you can buy packages separately in the in-game store during the Major.
The Old Souvenir Drop System
In the early years of CS:GO, souvenir packages worked differently. They were given at random to players who watched the tournament broadcast in the game. During the final map of ESL One Cologne 2015, for example, about 20,000 packages were handed out to roughly 1.2 million viewers, so only about 1.6% of them got one. Each package was signed with the autograph of the round's best player.
This system ran roughly from 2015 to 2019, and packages from that period are available on the market only in small numbers. The most valuable ones are tied to Cobblestone: the map was removed from the competitive pool long ago, and these packages carry a small chance of a Souvenir AWP | Dragon Lore. The Krakow 2017 Cobblestone Souvenir Package, for example, costs about $740 on LIS-SKINS, and Cobblestone packages from other Majors go for roughly $620 to $740.
How to Get Souvenir Packages from Past Majors
If you want to open older souvenir packages, the simplest way is to buy them on a marketplace. LIS-SKINS has packages from Majors across the years: recent ones cost a few dollars (the Budapest 2025 Train Souvenir Package is about $2), 2018 and 2019 packages usually cost $10 to $35, and rare CS:GO packages such as Cobblestone and DreamHack 2014 run into the hundreds.
Before buying, check which skins are in the collection and what they are worth, because the contents are what give a package its value. The best options are covered in the most valuable souvenir packages in CS2 and the best souvenir skins in CS2.
