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Enter on InstagramEnterFragDraft vs HLTV Fantasy
Both are free Counter-Strike 2 fantasy games where you pick five pros and score from real matches. The difference is what happens between events. HLTV Fantasy wakes up for the big tournaments and resets when they end. FragDraft runs year-round, and your leagues, rivalries, and progression carry across every tournament, so the roster you build in March still counts in June. The table below shows exactly where they diverge.
| FragDraft | HLTV Fantasy | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free to play. No paid tier gates competitive play. | Free to play. |
| When you can play | Year-round, across tier-1 and tier-2 CS2 tournaments as they run. | During the events it chooses to cover, built around the big tournaments. |
| Roster | Draft five players within a 25-energy budget; energy cost scales with rating. | Pick five players within a budget. |
| Strategy layer | Performance boosters on a separate 15-energy budget, conditional triggers, and a favorite-team map-win bonus, so there is a real meta to master beyond the picks. | Budget pick-five; no booster or energy meta layer. |
| Leagues | Persistent public and private leagues that carry across every tournament, so a league rivalry runs all season instead of resetting each event. | Leagues organised per event. |
| Progression | XP, shards, achievements, titles, and cosmetics that persist between tournaments, so your skill compounds into a record instead of a one-off placement. | Per-event standings. |
| Scoring | Live from real PandaScore match data; deterministic, fully documented. | Live from real match data. |
Which should you play?
They are not mutually exclusive. If you only play during the biggest events, HLTV Fantasy is a well-known, no-friction option. If you want something to play between them, with a deeper strategy layer and a league that stays alive across the whole season, FragDraft is built for that. It is skill-based, not betting: there is no money in, no money out, and no odds. Your placement reflects how well you read the meta.