Over the entire existence of Counter-Strike 2 and CS: Go, the players have opened more than 2 billion cases. Such information was published by Case Tracker, providing it with infographics.
Image Source: Valve
From the published image it follows that most of the cases (1.942 billion) were opened using separately purchased keys. The most popular were cases from the Clutch Case, which was opened for a total of over $ 150 million.
The volume of boxes of boxes on the Steam trading platform is estimated at about $ 1.058 billion – the Valve commission from their sale amounted to about $ 138 million. And the total volume of the company’s income for the sale of absolutely all cases (both through the trading platform and directly) is estimated at about $ 5 billion.
Image source: Case Tracker, click on the image for showing complete infographics
The sale of lootboxes with cosmetic objects started in CS: GO in 2013. Over the years, Valve has released over 40 sets of varying degrees of uniqueness: something can accidentally fall out in the game, and especially rare things are available for purchase exclusively through a trading platform or store.