Cache Return Coming Soon? Cache 2025 Collection – A Selection of Skins from Steam Workshop
Rumors that VALVE has bought out Cache have stirred up the CS2 community, and while BLAST Austin Major is in full swing, everyone is waiting: will they announce the return of the legendary map next week? Cache is not just a map, it’s a journey into the post-Soviet era of Chernobyl and Pripyat, with its mosaics, standard buildings, stained glass windows and posters, saturated with the spirit of the USSR. To celebrate the possible return, we’ve collected 10 skins from Steam Workshop that will perfectly fit into Cache’s lore. From rusty assault rifles to washing machines – these designs are ready to bring the abandoned streets of Pripyat to life in your matches. Let’s go to the exclusion zone!
P2000 | Watchdog
P2000 | Watchdog is a pistol that looks like it was found at an abandoned checkpoint in Chernobyl. Its harsh monochrome gray body, covered with faded paint, perfectly conveys the grayness of the Soviet era. The barrel features a soldier’s portrait and a stencil inscription “Чорнобиль” in Cyrillic, as if it’s a trophy from an abandoned military bunker. The design resembles old propaganda posters that still hang on the peeling walls of Pripyat. This skin is the perfect choice for Cache, where every corner is soaked with Cold War history. With Watchdog in your hands, you’ll feel like a guard protecting the exclusion zone, ready for any challenge on the map.
AK-47 | Tetanus
When the Cache author himself, FMPONE, creates a skin, that’s already a reason to add it to the collection. AK-47 | Tetanus – this assault rifle seems to warn us about the dangers that may still await us in the exclusion zone. Its metal body, covered with rust, is decorated with barbed wire images on the stock and magazine, while the handguard features a “Radiation Hazard” sign. The inscription “Last Warning” on the cold steel fence adds the vibe of Soviet military facilities that can be found on Cache. Its grim design perfectly fits the Chernobyl atmosphere, where every step reminds of the man-made disaster. Tetanus must be in the collection so players can carry the spirit of the exclusion zone in every frag.
Desert Eagle | Specular Rise
Desert Eagle | Specular Rise is a pistol that seems created for a stalker wandering through Cache ruins. Its light bronze body with shiny matte coating looks as if it was polished under the dim light of Pripyat streetlights. Wooden details with engravings add tactility, and the sun stencil, inspired by the map’s mosaics and sculptures, makes the skin a true work of art. This design perfectly matches Cache’s stained glass windows and mosaics that decorate abandoned buildings.
AWP | Mural of Peace
AWP | Mural of Peace is a skin that tells a story straight from the walls of a destroyed building on Cache. Its faded blue and gray tones, decorated with an image of a lonely female figure and doves, symbolize the dream of world peace during the Cold War era. The design resembles faded frescoes that can be found in abandoned Pripyat schools, where time has stopped. This skin perfectly fits the map’s lore, conveying its melancholic but hopeful atmosphere. With Mural of Peace, you’re not just a sniper, but a keeper of stories who shoots as if protecting the last fragments of beauty in Pripyat. Such a skin simply must be in the Cache collection.
Glock-18 | Workerclass
This pistol can be considered a tribute to the working spirit that built Cache’s industrial heritage. Its faded paint and worn surfaces, decorated with a worker’s portrait in the style of Soviet propaganda posters, look as if they were taken from a monument like “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman.” This skin embodies those who worked in Chernobyl factories, leaving their mark in mosaics and posters. Workerclass perfectly fits Cache’s post-Soviet vibe, where every corner reminds of past labor achievements. With this Glock-18, you’ll feel like part of history, defending a point on the map like a true labor hero.
Tec-9 | Payphone
This skin was crafted from a phone booth at T-spawn. Its design is inspired by old Soviet payphones that still stand in abandoned corners of Pripyat, covered with dust and rust. The body, painted in metallic tones with wear marks, conveys the 80s vibe when such booths were the only way to “call home.” This skin perfectly fits Cache’s style, being a reference to one of the objects on the map itself.
USP-S | Special Order
USP-S | Special Order is minimalism that screams post-Soviet strictness. Its black metallic body without unnecessary decorations looks as if it was issued to a police officer or KGB agent in the 80s. The simple but realistic design perfectly fits Cache’s atmosphere, where the strict style reminds of Soviet-era discipline. This pistol looks like service weapon that could have been lying in a duty officer’s drawer in Chernobyl. Special Order must be in the Cache collection for its conceptuality: it adds grim authenticity to matches in the exclusion zone, where every shot sounds like an order.
M249 | Washing Gun
M249 | Washing Gun is a skin that turns the machine gun into a real “Prачka” (informal name for Soviet washing machines), familiar to everyone who lived in the USSR. Its body, designed in the style of old household appliances, with a magazine resembling a washing capsule with the inscription “Freshness,” screams about the everyday life of those years. The design is saturated with nostalgia for standard apartments that can be seen on Cache’s horizon near the Ferris wheel. Washing Gun must be in the collection for its unique connection to the map’s domestic culture.
AK-47 | 1942
AK-47 | 1942 takes us to the era of scientific discoveries, when in 1942 scientists first launched a self-sustaining nuclear reaction – a key step to the events in Chernobyl. This skin, with its stylized fresco, looks as if it was taken from the walls of a scientific institute. The body, painted in gray-green tones with wear marks, is decorated with patterns reminiscent of Soviet progress posters. The design perfectly fits the map’s lore, where mosaics and stained glass tell about the dreams and achievements of Soviet science.
MAC-10 | Observation
MAC-10 | Observation is a skin that seems assembled from scraps of propaganda posters found in Chernobyl ruins. Its metallic body with wooden handle, decorated with a poster inscribed “Science,” reproduces the atmosphere of Cache’s abandoned objects. Fragments of industrial details and faded patterns convey the spirit of man-made disaster, while the design reminds of posters that called for progress but remained only shadows of the past.
