Best CS2 Knives Under $500
355 knife finishes in DropLabz's data have a Steam Market listing at $500 or less. The cheapest is Shadow Daggers | Bright Water (Well-Worn) at $45.00; the priciest still under the line is M9 Bayonet | Stained, from $498.11. Listed rarest first: there is no trading-volume data behind this list, so “best” means Valve's rarity grade, then price.
355 results at $500 or less
Prices: Steam Community Market averages, snapshot published . Not a live feed.
How this list works
A skin qualifies when at least one of its real Steam Market listings (any wear it can actually drop in, StatTrak or not) costs $500 or less. The price on each card is that cheapest listing; the small figure beside it is the best condition you can get within the filters. Every card links to the skin's own DropLabz page with its drop odds and per-wear prices.
Prices are Steam Community Market averages (the most recent of the 24-hour, 7-day, 30-day and 90-day windows with sales) from a snapshot DropLabz is scheduled to refresh every 6 hours. A listing priced far below every lower-condition version of the same skin is treated as a bad data point and left out rather than advertised as a bargain. Prices exclude Steam's fees and move constantly — check the market before you buy.
Coverage: DropLabz tracks the skins found in CS2 weapon cases plus those cases' knives and gloves. Skins that only come from collections, operations or souvenir packages aren't in this dataset yet, so they don't appear here.
Questions
- What are the best CS2 knives under $500?
- Ranked by rarity grade and then price, the top picks at $500 or less right now are M9 Bayonet | Stained (Rare Special Item, from $498.11), Skeleton Knife | Slaughter (Rare Special Item, from $487.08) and Bayonet | Fade (Rare Special Item, from $483.00). DropLabz has no trading-volume or popularity data, so this ranking is rarity first, not a popularity contest — use the filters above to sort by price instead.
- How many CS2 knives cost $500 or less?
- 355 of the 428 priced knives DropLabz tracks have at least one Steam Market listing at $500 or less (83%). Most qualify through their cheapest wear, so a skin can be on this list while its Factory New version costs far more.
- What is the cheapest knife?
- Shadow Daggers | Bright Water in Well-Worn, at $45.00 in the current snapshot.
- Can you get a Factory New knife under $500?
- Yes — 238 have a Factory New listing at $500 or less, such as Huntsman Knife | Case Hardened ($498.61). Set the wear filter to Factory New above to see them all.
- How often are these prices updated?
- DropLabz is scheduled to check the Steam Community Market price feed every 6 hours and rebuilds this page whenever prices change, so skins join or leave this list automatically. The prices shown here come from the snapshot published Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:25:16 UTC.