The fastest way to check your CS2 inventory value is to log in through Steam on the LIS-SKINS sell page. The site loads your inventory, shows a price for every item and the total, and you can sell right away at exactly that price and withdraw real money. Items left over from the CS:GO days, such as old cases, stickers and skins, are valued the same way. Below we walk through this method step by step, then cover the free ways to check your Steam inventory value through the Community Market and third-party calculators, and explain why their numbers differ.
How to Check Your CS2 Inventory Value on LIS-SKINS
The check takes a couple of minutes and costs nothing:
Open the "Sell CS2 Skins" page and click "Log in via Steam". You sign in through Steam, so LIS-SKINS never sees your account password.
Paste your trade link. If you are not sure where to find it, see our guide on how to find your trade link.
The site loads your inventory and shows, for each item, the amount LIS-SKINS is ready to pay for it. You can sort the list by price.
Click "Select all", and the panel on the right shows the total: "N items selected for the amount...". That figure is what your inventory is worth in real money.
The key difference from a calculator is that this number is not just a reference. It is the payout: the fee is already included, and the page shows the final amount you will receive. If the price works for you, pick a payment method, click "Continue" and accept the Steam trade offer. You can sell the whole inventory or only selected items.
Because of Trade Protection, the payout normally arrives 7 days after the trade, provided the trade is not reversed in that window. Once you pass KYC verification and have sold at least $50 worth of items in total, instant payouts open up within a limit, and crediting your site balance is immediate. The details are in our article on selling CS2 skins without the Trade Protection delay.
Items from the CS:GO era sell the same way through the Sell CS:GO Skins page, and if you want to clear out your whole Steam inventory in one go, read how to sell all Steam items at once.
Two limitations are worth knowing up front. The site does not accept some items because of low demand or because it already holds too many of them, so those will not count toward the total. LIS-SKINS also does not currently pay extra for unique properties such as float, stickers or pattern. For a typical inventory that makes no difference, but a rare copy with expensive stickers is worth comparing against the market first.
How to Check Your Steam Inventory Value
Through Your Inventory and the Steam Community Market
You can value your Steam inventory by hand without any outside service. Open the inventory on your Steam profile, switch to Counter-Strike 2 and click the items one by one: a panel opens on the right, and near its bottom you will see the current Community Market price. Write the prices down and add them up, ideally in a spreadsheet. That works for a couple of dozen items, but it is far too slow for a large inventory.
Keep in mind that this is the price the buyer pays. The seller gets roughly 15% less (5% goes to Steam and 10% to the game), and the money stays in your Steam Wallet, which cannot be withdrawn to a card. Items received in a trade also sit under Trade Protection for 7 days and cannot be listed on the market until it ends.
With Third-Party Inventory Calculators
Some websites and browser extensions pull Community Market prices for every item and add up the total. For them to see your items, your profile and inventory have to be public: on your Steam profile go to Edit Profile, then Privacy Settings, and set Inventory to Public.
The same approach lets you see what a friend's inventory is worth if their profile is public. Use these services with care: a calculator only needs a public profile link, so any site that asks you to sign in to Steam on its own page or hand over an API key is almost certainly a scam. Read more about protecting your inventory from scammers. The calculators themselves buy nothing; they show a reference figure, usually without accounting for stickers or float.
Why Inventory Valuations Differ
The same collection gets different numbers depending on the method, because each one answers a different question:
| Method | What it shows | Can you sell at that price |
|---|---|---|
| LIS-SKINS sell page | The payout for each item and the total | Yes, with a real-money withdrawal |
| Steam Community Market | The buyer's price, one item at a time | Only for Steam Wallet funds, minus about 15% |
| Third-party calculators | A total based on Steam Market prices | No, it is a reference estimate |
That is why a Steam valuation usually comes out higher than the payout: it counts money you cannot withdraw and has not deducted the fee yet. Our overview of how to sell CS2 skins compares every selling route, and the guide on turning skins into real money covers cashing out to a card.
What Affects Your Inventory Value
The total is almost always driven by a handful of expensive items rather than by how many items you own. The price of a given skin depends on:
Wear and float. The same skin in Factory New costs noticeably more than in Battle-Scarred. Our guide on what float is and how to check it explains how to read the value.
StatTrak. The kill counter often multiplies the price: an AK-47 | Redline in Field-Tested costs about $25, while the StatTrak version in the same wear is about $65.
Stickers and pattern. Rare stickers from old tournaments and sought-after patterns raise the price when you sell to a collector, but calculators and instant buyback usually ignore them.
Trade Protection. Items received in a trade are locked for 7 days. On the LIS-SKINS market, skins without that lock cost a little more than locked ones. Our article on Steam Trade Protection explains how the mechanic works.
Demand. Cheap common items, graffiti and new cases add only cents to the total, and slow-moving items may not be accepted for sale at all.
FAQ
How do I check my Steam inventory value for free?
Log in through Steam on the LIS-SKINS sell page and click "Select all": the site shows the total in dollars. The other free options are adding up Community Market prices yourself or pasting a public profile link into an inventory calculator.
Can I sell my inventory at the price the valuation shows?
On LIS-SKINS, yes: the amount shown is the payout, and you can receive it to a card or in crypto. Calculators and the Steam Community Market only give you a reference point, and selling on Steam leaves the money in a Wallet you cannot withdraw from.
Why is my Steam inventory value higher than the payout?
The Community Market price is what the buyer pays, before a fee of about 15%. It is also Steam Wallet money that cannot be cashed out, so the real-money value of a CS2 inventory is always lower.
How can I see what a friend's CS:GO inventory is worth?
If your friend's profile and inventory are public, paste their profile link into any inventory calculator or check the item prices on Steam by hand. Neither requires a Steam login or an API key.
