Are you trying to understand what Prime Status is in CS2 and if it’s worth it? Let’s go through everything you need to know about it.
Overall, Prime Status allows you to access Premier matchmaking, better competitive mode matchmaking, and weekly skin drops at the price of $14.99.
In this guide, I will explain what the Prime Status Upgrade is in Counter Strike 2 to help you understand if it’s worth purchasing or not.
Counter-Strike 2 Prime Status Explained – What Is It?
The Prime Status Upgrade is a premium feature available in CS2 that can be purchased through the Steam Store for $14.99 or 14.29€.
Since Counter Strike 2 is free-to-play, many cheaters can be found in public lobbies. With Prime, you will queue into Prime-exclusive lobbies and avoid anyone who hasn’t purchased Prime.
In more detail, here is everything you can get through the Prime Status Upgrade:
- Prime-exclusive lobbies while queuing for Competitive Mode. These will make it easier to avoid cheaters since most of them don’t bother getting Prime as they expect to get banned soon.
- Ability to queue for Premier Mode, which is an ‘alternative’ ranked mode with higher stakes compared to Competitive Mode (think of it like FACEIT).
- Access to a Weekly Care Package that grants you free skins and/or crates every week.
For more details on the differences between competitive and premier, check out our guide on how to unlock competitive mode in CS2.
Alternatively, if you’re more interested in the free skin rewards, here’s how to get more crates and keys in Counter-Strike 2.
Is Prime Status Upgrade Worth It?
The short answer is yes, Prime Status Upgrade is worth purchasing in Counter Strike 2 as long as you care about playing competitively, want better matchmaking, and play enough (5-10 games every week) to earn the Weekly Care Package rewards.
If you’re just playing casually and don’t care about matchmaking, you won’t benefit much from this upgrade, so you can skip it without worrying that you’re missing anything.
Can You Inherit Prime Status From CS:GO?
One important thing to keep in mind is that if you purchased Prime Status on CS:GO, you will get the Prime Status Upgrade for free in CS2.
Alternatively, you can purchase it directly from the Steam Store at any point.
Wrapping up
To summarize, the Prime Status Upgrade is a DLC for CS2 that allows players to access better matchmaking in Competitive Mode, play Premier, and have access to the Weekly Care Package for free skins and crates every week.
Overall, it’s worth purchasing unless you’re playing Counter-Strike 2 casually, don’t care about competitive play, and only play 1 to 2 games every now and then.
What do you think about the Prime Status upgrade? Would you say it’s worth it? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
For more similar content, don’t forget to check out our guide on how to 1vs1 in CS2 to compete with your friends and have fun in a custom game.
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