CS2 Horizon Case: Knives, Skins, Odds & Is It Worth Opening? (2026)

The Horizon Case is a CS2 weapon case originally released in CS:GO on August 3, 2018, best known for introducing four knife models at once — Navaja, Stiletto, Talon, and Ursus. This guide breaks down every skin and knife inside, the real drop odds, current 2026 prices, and whether opening it is actually worth your money. 

What Is the Horizon Case in CS2?

The Horizon Case arrived on August 3, 2018, and it's no longer part of the weekly drop pool, so you'll need to pick one up on the market rather than earn it from playing. It currently runs around $1 on Skin.Land, with a standard CS2 case key costing roughly $2.50 on top. 

For a primer on keys, Prime Status, and how case opening works in general, see our guide to getting CS2 cases. 

The case holds 17 standard weapon skins — 2 Covert, 3 Classified, 5 Restricted, and 7 Mil-Spec — plus the knife pool as the rare special item. The knife finishes themselves still carry Covert rarity in listings, even though they're drawn from a separate rare-special-item slot rather than the regular Covert weapon pool. 

What Knives Are in the Horizon Case?

The Horizon Case contains four knife models — Navaja, Stiletto, Talon, and Ursus — each available in 12 painted finishes plus the unpainted Vanilla version, for a total of 13 variants per model: Fade, Crimson Web, Slaughter, Case Hardened, Urban Masked, Blue Steel, Night Stripe, Stained, Forest DDPAT, Boreal Forest, Scorched, Safari Mesh, or no finish at all. Vanilla copies are considerably rarer and aren't currently listed on Skin.Land's catalog. Worth flagging clearly since it trips people up: these four models later picked up a completely separate second wave of finishes — Doppler, Marble Fade, Tiger Tooth, Damascus Steel, Rust Coat, and Ultraviolet — through the unrelated Prisma Case and Prisma 2 Case, not through the Horizon Case itself. If a Doppler or Marble Fade pull is what you're after, this isn't the case for it. For how these four models stack up overall, see our CS2 knife tier list. 

The headline pull is the ★ Talon Knife | Crimson Web, which runs around $2,330 Factory New — though with only a single listing on Skin.Land at the time of writing, treat that as a thin-stock snapshot rather than a stable price. Crimson Web is among the most expensive Factory New finishes for these four knife models, although individual listings can vary significantly depending on float, pattern, and availability. 

Prices reflect available Skin.Land listings at the time of writing, not the historical or typical market ranking of each finish — knife prices shift daily, check the current listing on Skin.Land before buying. 

Navaja Knife is the most accessible entry point into this knife pool — a Scorched copy in Field-Tested runs around $40, a fraction of what the equivalent finish costs on the other three models. For the full per-finish breakdown, see our guides to Navaja Knife and Stiletto Knife skins. 

The pricier end of the pool gets its own dedicated coverage too — see our Talon Knife and Ursus Knife skin guides for a closer look at those two models specifically. 

What Skins Are in the Horizon Case?

Here's the full skin lineup with current 2026 prices, all in Factory New. 

Prices move daily — check the live catalog on Skin.Land before buying. 

The Covert Skins — AK-47 | Neon Rider & Desert Eagle | Code Red

The AK-47 | Neon Rider pairs a dark base with bright neon-orange graffiti-style line art, running around $170 Factory New. The Desert Eagle | Code Red, the case's other genuine Covert pick, mixes a bold red base with brushed-silver streaks across the slide, sitting at around $160. Neither is actually the priciest standard skin in the case, though — that distinction goes to the Classified-rarity M4A1-S | Nightmare at around $180, a reminder that rarity tier doesn't always line up with resale price. 

Horizon Case Odds & Drop Rates

The Horizon Case uses the same fixed drop rates as every other CS2 weapon case. Here's the breakdown: 

In plain terms: Mil-Spec and Restricted skins combined account for 95.9% of all openings, so the large majority of pulls land on a low-value weapon skin. Each opening has approximately a 0.64% chance of producing a Covert skin (about 1 in 156), while the chance of receiving a knife is approximately 0.26% (about 1 in 385). Every opening is independent, and neither outcome is guaranteed after any specific number of attempts. The 0.26% chance covers the entire rare-special-item pool, not any specific knife model or finish — Valve does not publish the exact probability of receiving each individual combination, so pulling a specific one like the Talon Knife | Crimson Web is an extremely long shot regardless of the precise odds. For the full math behind these numbers, see our CS2 case odds and chances guide. 

Is the Horizon Case Worth Opening?

Short answer: no, not as an investment. Opening one costs around $3.50 (roughly $1 for the case plus $2.50 for a key). Approximately 95.9% of openings result in a Mil-Spec or Restricted skin, most of which have relatively low resale values compared with the cost of opening the case, so the odds haven't improved just because this case holds four different knife models. 

Case opening is generally a poor financial strategy because most outcomes are worth less than the opening cost. The Horizon Case's exact expected value depends on current item prices, drop probabilities, and marketplace fees — and the headline Talon Knife | Crimson Web pull is buried inside an already-rare 0.26% knife chance split across 4 models and 13 variants, with no published breakdown of how that chance divides between them. If you specifically want one of the knives or skins from this case, buying it directly on the market is almost always cheaper and guaranteed. For a broader take on which cases give the least-bad value, see our guide to which CS2 case is best to open. 

If you just want to try your luck without spending much, cheapest CS2 cases is your shortlist. 

FAQ

When was the Horizon Case released?

The Horizon Case was released in CS:GO on August 3, 2018, years before CS2 launched — all of its items carried over and are tradeable in CS2 today. It introduced four knife models — Navaja, Stiletto, Talon, and Ursus — each in 12 painted finishes plus the unpainted Vanilla version. 

What knives are in the Horizon Case?

The Horizon Case drops 4 knife models — Navaja Knife, Stiletto Knife, Talon Knife, and Ursus Knife — each available in 12 painted finishes (Fade, Crimson Web, Slaughter, Case Hardened, Urban Masked, Blue Steel, Night Stripe, Stained, Forest DDPAT, Boreal Forest, Scorched, and Safari Mesh) plus the unpainted Vanilla version, 13 variants in total. Doppler, Marble Fade, Tiger Tooth, Damascus Steel, Rust Coat, and Ultraviolet versions of these same four models came later, through the separate Prisma Case and Prisma 2 Case. 

What are the odds of getting a knife from the Horizon Case?

The odds of unboxing a knife from the Horizon Case are approximately 0.26% per opening, the same rare-special-item rate shared by every CS2 case. That 0.26% covers the entire rare-special-item pool, not any specific model or finish — which of the 4 models and 13 variants you actually get, plus wear and StatTrak status, isn't something Valve publishes exact odds for. 

How much does it cost to open a Horizon Case?

Opening one Horizon Case costs around $3.50 total — about $1 for the case on the market plus roughly $2.50 for a standard CS2 case key. 

Is the Horizon Case worth buying or opening?

If your goal is a specific knife or skin, buying it directly from a marketplace like Skin.Land is cheaper and guaranteed. Case opening is generally a poor financial strategy since most outcomes are worth less than the cost of opening, and the headline Talon Knife | Crimson Web pull is buried inside an already-rare 0.26% knife chance — treat it as entertainment, not an investment. 

What is the most valuable item in the Horizon Case?

The Talon Knife | Crimson Web is the case's priciest pull, running around $2,330 Factory New, though on just a single listing. Among the standard weapon skins, the AK-47 | Neon Rider and M4A1-S | Nightmare lead at around $170-$180 Factory New.