Any weapon skin in CS2 can be made even more unique by attaching up to five stickers. Recently, their placement is not limited to fixed slots: the position and angle of stickers can be chosen arbitrarily, allowing players to create even more crafts. Currently, there are over seven thousand stickers in CS2. Here’s how to navigate this variety and what sticker characteristics to consider.
Types of Stickers by Rarity
Firstly, like other cosmetic items in CS2, stickers are categorized by rarity. From lowest to highest, these categories are:
High Quality (Blue).
Remarkable (Purple).
Exotic (Pink).
Extraordinary (Red).
Contraband (Yellow) – a unique category that includes only one sticker, Howling Dawn.
Types of Stickers by Quality
The appearance of stickers and how vividly they will look on a weapon largely depends on the quality. The same design can exist in several versions, for example, paper and holographic, with the latter being significantly more expensive. There are seven types of stickers:
Paper – the simplest stickers without any shine or effects. Examples of popular paper stickers include B Hop, Tamara.
Glossy – stickers with a smooth surface. It has a slight shine but doesn’t offer any special effects. Examples include Legendary Eagle and Clutch or Kick.
Glitter – stickers with a shiny surface that reflects light and shimmers. The sticker looks as if it has a paper base with shiny elements applied on top. Examples: Go Boom, Blue Gem.
Holographic – stickers sparkle, changing color depending on the lighting angle. Multiple textural layers are used to create the effect, and different patterns can be used in different parts of the sticker. Examples: Unicorn, Infinite Diamond.
Foil – embossed stickers with a pattern that mimics engraving on metal. Examples: Showdown, Romanov’s Fire.
Gold – like foil, these are embossed designs but colored in gold. Examples: Natus Vincere Gold Copenhagen 2024, FURIA Gold Paris 2023
Lenticular – stickers with an unusual visual effect that creates the illusion of depth. They were added to the game only in 2022, so there are few of them so far. Examples: Freeze, Global TV.
Usually, higher quality stickers are more expensive, but this correlation is not always straightforward: sometimes a colored version looks better than a relief gold one or gains value because it is used in popular crafts.
Types of Stickers by Themes
Of course, not only the appearance but also what is depicted on them affects the price of stickers. Stickers can be divided into several large groups by theme.
Major stickers feature emblems of participating teams or autographs of their players. They can only be obtained during the event from corresponding capsules. Because they are available for a limited time, they usually increase in value after the event ends. The most expensive stickers today are those once released for Katowice 2014, such as Titan Holo Katowice 2014 and iBUYPOWER Holo.
For some collectors, stickers with the emblems of teams that no longer exist may be of particular interest. The price of cheaper examples from this category is influenced not only by rarity but also by design: stickers with team logos are purchased not only by fans but also by those who want to use them in combinations with other images, for example, to create inscriptions.
Operation stickers – another category of stickers available for a limited time. Like team stickers, they can be a source of profit if acquired during the operation and then sold after a price increase. However, predicting price dynamics in this case is more challenging.
Regular stickers – all that do not fall into the previous two categories. The images found on them are very diverse. Many are created by community members and are based on popular memes. Choose your collection by themes (for example, from anime stickers) or by colors (here, for example, is a collection of black stickers), or create your own crafts.
We hope this overview helps you navigate the diversity of stickers for CS2. And at LIS-SKINS, you can always buy these and many other stickers at very competitive prices!
