Knives are an essential part of CS:GO. You will need to equip your knife to increase your movement speed to run faster. There will also be rare scenarios where you will have to pull your knife out on an enemy after running out of bullets.
In both scenarios, your knife will be fully exposed. This means that you will be able to show the skin of the knife you are using to the viewers. Considering how expensive knife skins can be, you might want to try them out before buying them on the Steam Community Market.
A handful of knife commands allow players to pull them out for a spin in custom games. Players who want to try out the best knives in CS:GO will need to set up a custom game first in order to use a knife command.
How do you set up a custom game in CS:GO?
- Start CS:GO.
- Press the Play button.
- Click the drop-down menu icon next to “Official Matchmaking”.
- Choose Practice with bots.
After creating a custom game, players need to open the game console to start using a knife command.
How can you open the console in CS:GO?
- Start CS:GO.
- Go to the Options panel.
- Choose Game Settings.
- Select Enable Developer Console.
- Use the default console hotkey (~) once you load into a match.
Related: How to open the console in CS:GO
23 Best Knife Commands in CS:GO
- Counter Terrorist Knife: Donate weapon_knife
- Terror Knife: weapon_knife_t
- Classic Knife: give weapon_knife_css;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Bayonet: give weapon_bayonet;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Flip knife: give weapon_knife_flip;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Gut knife: give weapon_knife_gut;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Karambit: give weapon_knife_karambit;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- M9 Bayonet: output weapon_knife_m9_bayonet;ent_fire weapon_knife “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Huntsman: give weapon_knife_tactical;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Butterfly Knife: give weapon_knife_butterfly;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Falchion: output weapon_knife_falchion;ent_fire weapon_knife “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Shadow Daggers: give weapon_knife_push;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Bowie Knife: give weapon_knife_survival_bowie;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Ursus: give weapon_knife_ursus;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Knife: give weapon_knife_gypsy_jackknife;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Stiletto: give weapon_knife_stiletto;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Talon: give weapon_knife_widowmaker;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Ghost knife: give weapon_knife_ghost;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Survival: give weapon_knife_canis;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Paracord: give weapon_knife_cord;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Skeleton: give weapon_knife_skeleton;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”
- Nomad: give weapon_knife_outdoor;ent_fire weapon_knife addoutput “classname weapon_knifegg”