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Operation Hydra Case
Weapon case

Operation Hydra Case Simulator, Odds & Expected Value

Released 2017-04-21 · 17 skins · 24 rare-special
Case price
$43.63
Key price
$2.83
Open cost
$46.46

Simulator only — no real items are won. Prices are a cached Steam snapshot from Aug 8, 2026, 06:46 AM UTC and may be stale or missing for thin markets.

Rarity odds

Mil-Spec Grade
79.92%
Restricted
15.985%
Classified
3.197%
Covert
0.639%
Rare Special Item
0.256%
Knife / glove0.256% · 1 in 391
Covert+0.895%
StatTrak roll10% on eligible items
Within a tiereach skin equally likely

Expected value

Expected return
$24.93
Expected profit
−$21.53
ROI
-46.3%
House edge
46.3%
Profit chance / open
9.8%
Price coverage
79%
Rare-special contribution$0.9588
StatTrak contribution$0.2619
Assumptions
  • Open cost = case price + key price.
  • Skins within a tier are equally likely; StatTrak is an independent 10% roll.
  • P(wear) = share of the skin's float range inside each wear band.
  • Unpriced outcomes (21%) are excluded from the EV.
  • Values are Steam Community Market snapshot prices, not net of market fees.

Rare special item pool

0.256% combined

24 items share the 0.256% rare-special slot — roughly 1 in 9,384 for any single one.

Covert

0.639% · 2 skins

Classified

3.197% · 3 skins

Restricted

15.985% · 5 skins

Mil-Spec Grade

79.92% · 7 skins