A Steam account is worth two different numbers, and Steam shows you neither of them. The first is what your game library would cost to buy today. The second is what the items in your inventory would fetch if you traded or sold them. Players usually want the second one, because it is the only part of the account that can be turned into other skins, Steam balance or cash.
This guide covers both. You will get your Steam ID (every checker asks for it), run your library through a calculator, price your CS2 inventory at SkinsMonkey rates, and see which parts of the total you can use. It also clears up the biggest misunderstanding about Steam account value, which is the idea that the account itself can be sold.
Step one: get your Steam ID, because every checker asks for it
Library calculators and inventory checkers do not want your nickname. Nicknames are not unique, so the tools work from your Steam ID, the permanent number Valve assigned to your account when you created it. The format they expect is the SteamID64: 17 digits, always beginning with 76561.
The quickest way to get it is the Steam ID Finder. Paste your profile link, a trade offer URL or a CS2 friend code, and the result shows your SteamID64 with a copy button, along with your Account ID, SteamID2, profile status and ban status. It works even if you have a custom profile URL, which is the case where the number vanishes from the address bar and people get stuck.
If you would rather read it off Steam directly, open your profile in a browser and look at the address. A link ending in /profiles/ plus 17 digits contains your ID. A link ending in /id/ plus a name does not; in that case, sign in to Steam, click your account name in the top-right corner, choose Account details, and the Steam ID is printed under your username.
One more thing the checkers need: a public profile. Library calculators read your game list, inventory checkers read your items, and Steam only lets them do that when the relevant section is set to Public in your privacy settings. Our guide on making your Steam profile public shows exactly which switches to flip, and you can set everything back to Private once you have your number.
What counts toward a Steam account's value
Four things come up whenever account value is discussed, and they behave very differently when you try to turn them into money.
Games and DLC. Every title in your library has a current store price, and calculators add those prices up. The total looks impressive, but it is locked. Steam does not let you sell, gift or transfer a game you already own, so a library worth thousands of dollars is worth that only to you. Games removed from the store stay in your library and in the total, and collectors like to point out that they cannot be bought anymore, but there is still no permitted way to move them to another account.
Steam Wallet funds. Balance you have loaded or earned from Market sales counts at face value. It cannot be withdrawn to a bank account, so it is worth exactly what you can buy with it on Steam.
Tradable in-game items. CS2 skins, Dota 2 cosmetics, TF2 items and Rust skins can be traded to other players or sold on the Steam Community Market. This is the only part of an account that behaves like real money, and for a skin trader it is where nearly all of the value sits. A single knife or a pair of gloves can be worth more than an entire library; our list of the most expensive CS2 inventories shows how far that goes.
Level, badges and years of service. These have no resale value. They shape how a trading partner perceives you, and that is about it.
Why “selling your Steam account” is not a plan
The Steam Subscriber Agreement states that you may not sell, charge others for or otherwise transfer your account, and that Valve may restrict or cancel an account that breaches the agreement. Account value, in practice, means the value of the tradable items plus whatever you have in your wallet. The library is a sunk cost. Keep that in mind when a site quotes you a five-figure “account worth” built mostly from game prices.
How to check your Steam library value
Two numbers are useful here, and they come from two different places.
What the library is worth today. SteamDB's Steam Calculator is the standard tool. Point it at your profile and it totals your games at current store prices and at their lowest recorded sale prices, alongside playtime stats and the share of your library you have never played. It needs both your profile and your Game details set to Public; otherwise the list comes back empty.
What you paid. Steam keeps this number itself. Sign in and open the External Funds Used page in your Steam account data (help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/AccountSpend). The TotalSpend line is the money you have put into Steam since the account was created. Comparing the two numbers is a good reality check: the calculator usually produces a much larger figure than the money that ever left your bank account, because it counts every game you bought on sale at full price.
How to check your CS2 inventory value, the part you can trade
This is the number that matters for trading, and the one that changes most. Skin prices change daily with cases, updates and the wider market, so a figure from last month is already out of date.
Paste your profile link or SteamID64 into the CS2 Inventory Value Checker. It scans every item in a public inventory, prices each one at current SkinsMonkey rates and shows the total broken down by category, from knives and AWP skins to stickers and agents. Because the prices are the ones SkinsMonkey trades at, the total tells you what you could swap the inventory for today rather than a theoretical listing price.
Three things decide what an individual skin is worth, and they are why two inventories with “the same” items can differ by hundreds of dollars:
- Float and wear. The AWP | Asiimov never drops in Factory New, so the lowest-float Field-Tested examples are the best condition that exists and sell for far more than Battle-Scarred ones.
- Pattern and rarity tier. Case Hardened blue gems, Fade percentages and Doppler phases are priced by pattern, not by name. Our CS2 skin rarity guide explains the tiers.
- StatTrak, stickers and souvenir status. Add-ons move the price in both directions, depending on which stickers are applied and how scraped they are.
If the checker cannot read your items, the inventory is almost certainly private. Set it to Public, run the lookup, and switch it back.
Steam Market price is not cash value
Steam Community Market listings overstate what a skin is worth to you. Every sale carries a 5% Steam transaction fee plus a 10% CS2 game fee, deducted before the money lands in your Steam Wallet, where it stays. A knife listed at $1,000 nets you roughly $870 of balance that can only be spent on Steam. Trading sites price items closer to what players will pay in skins or cash, which is why an inventory value from SkinsMonkey and a Market total will not match, and why the Market number is the one to discount.
What to do with the number
An inventory value is only useful if you act on it, and traders use it in three ways.
Decide what to trade up. If most of your value sits in twenty cheap skins, consolidating them into one knife or a pair of gloves usually holds value better than a pile of $3 items. You can trade CS2 skins on SkinsMonkey straight from the same inventory you just priced, and the trade screen shows the balance as you pick items.
Track it over time. Run the checker after each major update and case release. Prices may move on patch days, and an inventory snapshot tells you whether you are holding the right items.
Check the other side of a trade. Before accepting an offer from someone you do not know, run their profile through the Steam ID Finder, confirm the SteamID64 matches the person you think you are dealing with, and glance at their inventory value and ban status. A fresh account with an empty inventory and a generous offer is a pattern that runs through the CS2 scam guide.
FAQ
How much is my Steam account worth? Add the value of your tradable items to your Steam Wallet balance; that is the part you can use. Price the items with the SkinsMonkey CS2 Inventory Value Checker and, if you also want the library figure, point SteamDB's Steam Calculator at your profile. Games count on paper but cannot be sold or transferred.
Can I sell my Steam account? No. The Steam Subscriber Agreement says you may not sell, charge others for or transfer your account, and Valve may restrict or cancel an account that breaches it. If you want to cash out, sell or trade the items in your inventory instead, and keep the account.
Do I need to make my profile public to check the value? Yes, for the sections being checked. Inventory checkers need the inventory set to Public and library calculators need Game details set to Public. You can switch both back to Private as soon as you have your numbers; the Steam ID itself resolves either way.
Why does my inventory value differ between sites? Each site prices items from its own trades or listings. Steam Market totals include the fees you never receive (roughly 13% of the listed price), while trading sites quote what they will give you in skins or cash. Compare the same kind of figure, and treat the Market number as a ceiling.
A true gaming enthusiast, especially Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS2) and Rust. At SkinsMonkey, he is involved in creating game guides based on his own experience.
