Steam Market Fee Calculator

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How much do I get selling a skin on the Steam Market

Use the "Buyer pays Y" mode and type the sale price shown on the Market. The tool returns the net amount, both fees and the total share lost on the way.

How big the cut taken by Steam and the game is

The price shown on the Market already includes everything. Out of it come the 5% Steam Transaction Fee and, in Steam's own script, a 10% game fee, both measured on the net amount rather than on the final price. At a buyer price of 10.00 you receive 8.70, and the fees are 0.43 for Steam and 0.87 for the game. In relative terms the fees weigh 13% of the price the buyer sees, which is about 15% of your net. That is why the mental rule "I lose 15%" overshoots: against the shelf price, the loss converges to 13.04%.
The share only settles at 13.04% when the price is high enough for rounding to stop mattering. At prices of 0.50 and 1.00 the fees add up to 12.00% because each fee is rounded down to whole cents, and below 0.20 net the 1-cent floor per fee starts to dominate. For high-value items the effect is the opposite: on 1,000.00 of shelf price the sale nets 869.58, and the 130.42 difference is the sum of fees of 43.47 and 86.95.
Two cautions apply to any game. The first is the game fee: 10% is the script default, and CS2, Dota 2 and TF2 show that value in public sources, but Valve's full table could not be read, so the field is editable. The second is where the money goes: it arrives as Steam Wallet balance and can only buy things inside Steam. If the shelf price has a value Steam does not allow, the tool warns you and shows the real listing price.

Buyer price and net amount

Cheap item

Input: 0.50
Expected output: 0.44

Fees of 0.02 for Steam and 0.04 for the game.

Item at 1

Input: 1.00
Expected output: 0.88

Fees of 0.04 and 0.08, 12.00% in total.

Item at 10

Input: 10.00
Expected output: 8.70

Fees of 0.43 and 0.87, 13.00% in total.

Item at 50

Input: 50.00
Expected output: 43.49

Fees of 2.17 and 4.34.

Item at 1,000

Input: 1000.00
Expected output: 869.58

Fees of 43.47 and 86.95, 13.04% in total.

Full tool FAQ

How much does Steam charge to sell on the Community Market?

Two fees are added to the price you want to receive: a 5% Steam Transaction Fee and the game fee, which is 10% by default in Steam's script. Together they come to about 15% on top of your net, or 13.04% of what the buyer pays. Each fee has a 1-cent minimum.

Why does the buyer pay 1.15 if I want to receive 1.00?

What price should I list to receive an exact amount?

Why does a 0.03 item net me only 0.01?

Why did Steam change the price I typed?

Is the game fee the same on every item?

Does the sale money go to my bank account?

Does the calculator convert currencies?

How do I calculate the profit on a resale?

Can I trust the values as official?

Frequently asked questions

How much is left from a skin sold for 100.00?

With 5% for Steam and 10% for the game, the buyer pays 100.00 and you receive 86.97. The rest, 13.03, is the sum of the Steam fee, 4.34, and the game fee, 8.69.

Why does selling at 1.00 net 0.88 instead of 0.87?

Because the fees are rounded down to whole cents: 0.88 net produces 0.04 for Steam (5% of 0.88 is 0.044) and 0.08 for the game (10% of 0.88 is 0.088), adding up to exactly 1.00. The math runs from the net amount upward.

Does the net amount depend on the game?

It can. Steam fixes 5% for everyone, but the game fee comes from each title's data and may change. With a 0% game fee, a price of 10.00 would net 9.53 instead of 8.70.

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How big the cut taken by Steam and the game is

You receive	Steam fee	Game fee	Buyer pays	% in fees
$0.01	$0.01	$0.01	$0.03	66.7%
$0.02	$0.01	$0.01	$0.04	50.0%
$0.03	$0.01	$0.01	$0.05	40.0%
$0.04	$0.01	$0.01	$0.06	33.3%
$0.05	$0.01	$0.01	$0.07	28.6%
$0.06	$0.01	$0.01	$0.08	25.0%
$0.07	$0.01	$0.01	$0.09	22.2%
$0.08	$0.01	$0.01	$0.10	20.0%
$0.09	$0.01	$0.01	$0.11	18.2%
$0.10	$0.01	$0.01	$0.12	16.7%
$0.11	$0.01	$0.01	$0.13	15.4%
$0.12	$0.01	$0.01	$0.14	14.3%
$0.13	$0.01	$0.01	$0.15	13.3%
$0.14	$0.01	$0.01	$0.16	12.5%
$0.15	$0.01	$0.01	$0.17	11.8%
$0.16	$0.01	$0.01	$0.18	11.1%
$0.17	$0.01	$0.01	$0.19	10.5%
$0.18	$0.01	$0.01	$0.20	10.0%
$0.19	$0.01	$0.01	$0.21	9.5%
$0.20	$0.01	$0.02	$0.23	13.0%
$0.21	$0.01	$0.02	$0.24	12.5%
$0.22	$0.01	$0.02	$0.25	12.0%
$0.23	$0.01	$0.02	$0.26	11.5%
$0.24	$0.01	$0.02	$0.27	11.1%
$0.25	$0.01	$0.02	$0.28	10.7%
$0.26	$0.01	$0.02	$0.29	10.3%
$0.27	$0.01	$0.02	$0.30	10.0%
$0.28	$0.01	$0.02	$0.31	9.7%
$0.29	$0.01	$0.02	$0.32	9.4%
$0.30	$0.01	$0.03	$0.34	11.8%

Item	Qty	Buyer pays	You receive	Total fees	Profit
AK-47 \| Redline (Field-Tested)	1	$12.50	$10.88	$1.62	$1.08
Fracture Case	20	$0.43 *	$0.39	$0.04	$0.09
Sticker \| Example	1	$0.03	$0.01	$0.02

The price shown on the Market already includes everything. Out of it come the 5% Steam Transaction Fee and, in Steam's own script, a 10% game fee, both measured on the net amount rather than on the final price. At a buyer price of 10.00 you receive 8.70, and the fees are 0.43 for Steam and 0.87 for the game. In relative terms the fees weigh 13% of the price the buyer sees, which is about 15% of your net. That is why the mental rule "I lose 15%" overshoots: against the shelf price, the loss converges to 13.04%.

The share only settles at 13.04% when the price is high enough for rounding to stop mattering. At prices of 0.50 and 1.00 the fees add up to 12.00% because each fee is rounded down to whole cents, and below 0.20 net the 1-cent floor per fee starts to dominate. For high-value items the effect is the opposite: on 1,000.00 of shelf price the sale nets 869.58, and the 130.42 difference is the sum of fees of 43.47 and 86.95.

Two cautions apply to any game. The first is the game fee: 10% is the script default, and CS2, Dota 2 and TF2 show that value in public sources, but Valve's full table could not be read, so the field is editable. The second is where the money goes: it arrives as Steam Wallet balance and can only buy things inside Steam. If the shelf price has a value Steam does not allow, the tool warns you and shows the real listing price.

Buyer price and net amount

Cheap item

Input: 0.50
Expected output: 0.44

Fees of 0.02 for Steam and 0.04 for the game.

Item at 1

Input: 1.00
Expected output: 0.88

Fees of 0.04 and 0.08, 12.00% in total.

Item at 10

Input: 10.00
Expected output: 8.70

Fees of 0.43 and 0.87, 13.00% in total.

Item at 50

Input: 50.00
Expected output: 43.49

Fees of 2.17 and 4.34.

Item at 1,000

Input: 1000.00
Expected output: 869.58

Fees of 43.47 and 86.95, 13.04% in total.

Full tool FAQ

How much does Steam charge to sell on the Community Market?

Why does the buyer pay 1.15 if I want to receive 1.00?

What price should I list to receive an exact amount?

Why does a 0.03 item net me only 0.01?

Why did Steam change the price I typed?

Is the game fee the same on every item?

Does the sale money go to my bank account?

Does the calculator convert currencies?

How do I calculate the profit on a resale?

Can I trust the values as official?

Frequently asked questions

How much is left from a skin sold for 100.00?

With 5% for Steam and 10% for the game, the buyer pays 100.00 and you receive 86.97. The rest, 13.03, is the sum of the Steam fee, 4.34, and the game fee, 8.69.

Why does selling at 1.00 net 0.88 instead of 0.87?

Does the net amount depend on the game?

It can. Steam fixes 5% for everyone, but the game fee comes from each title's data and may change. With a 0% game fee, a price of 10.00 would net 9.53 instead of 8.70.