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CS2 trade ups under $25

Every contract here costs under $25 to fill at current Steam prices. Ranked by expected profit after the Steam seller fee.

Prices as of Oct 27, 2026Steam Community Market averages · snapshot 2026-10-27 10:25 UTC
MAC-10 | Heat
Best outputStatTrak™
MW25.0% chance· $16.40
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$6.30
EV
181%
$11.38
Profit
+$3.59
after fee
Win %
50%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.1434 outcomesActive market
Desert Eagle | Mecha Industries
Best outputStatTrak™
WW33.3% chance· $20.44
Restricted → Classified
Cost
$7.60
EV
160%
$12.14
Profit
+$2.96
after fee
Win %
33%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.6923 outcomesSome thin prices
M4A4 | Tooth Fairy
Best outputStatTrak™
WW33.3% chance· $8.58
Restricted → Classified
Cost
$5.10
EV
151%
$7.69
Profit
+$1.59
after fee
Win %
100%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.5633 outcomesActive market
MAC-10 | Heat
Best outputStatTrak™
MW12.5% chance· $16.40
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$4.58
EV
150%
$6.89
Profit
+$1.41
after fee
Win %
50%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.1509 outcomesActive market
MAC-10 | Heat
Best outputStatTrak™
MW12.5% chance· $16.40
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$4.40
EV
150%
$6.58
Profit
+$1.32
after fee
Win %
50%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.1469 outcomesActive market
MAC-10 | Heat
Best outputStatTrak™
MW12.5% chance· $16.40
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$4.64
EV
150%
$6.94
Profit
+$1.39
after fee
Win %
50%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.1509 outcomesActive market
MAC-10 | Heat
Best outputStatTrak™
MW12.5% chance· $16.40
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$4.65
EV
149%
$6.92
Profit
+$1.37
after fee
Win %
50%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.1469 outcomesActive market
MAC-10 | Heat
Best outputStatTrak™
MW12.5% chance· $16.40
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$4.55
EV
146%
$6.64
Profit
+$1.23
after fee
Win %
50%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.1469 outcomesActive market
MAC-10 | Heat
Best outputStatTrak™
MW10.0% chance· $16.40
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$3.96
EV
145%
$5.76
Profit
+$1.05
after fee
Win %
40%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.1479 outcomesActive market
M4A4 | Desolate Space
Best outputStatTrak™
FT33.3% chance· $38.03
Restricted → Classified
Cost
$15.50
EV
140%
$21.72
Profit
+$3.38
after fee
Win %
33%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.3803 outcomesActive market
MAC-10 | Heat
Best outputStatTrak™
MW10.0% chance· $16.40
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$4.14
EV
136%
$5.65
Profit
+$0.77
after fee
Win %
40%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.1479 outcomesActive market
XM1014 | Ziggy
Best output
FT20.0% chance· $1.43
Mil-Spec → Restricted
Cost
$1.00
EV
135%
$1.35
Profit
+$0.17
after fee
Win %
100%
to profit
Avg float ≤ 0.4505 outcomesActive market

Market-estimated, not verified executable. DropLabz prices contracts from Steam average sale prices; it has no per-listing (float-level) data, so it cannot confirm that listings at these prices and floats exist right now. Contracts whose inputs haven't traded in the last week, or whose price is 2× off its 30-day average, are left out. Outputs with a StatTrak™ or wear the market rarely trades are flagged on each card.

How CS2 trade-up contracts work

Inputs & odds

10 skins of one rarity become 1 skin of the next rarity (Mil-Spec → Restricted → Classified → Covert). Since the October 2025 update, 5 Covert skins can become a knife or gloves from those skins' case. Each input collection gets its share of the odds (inputs from it ÷ total), split evenly across that collection's next-tier skins.

Float math

Every input float is normalized to its own skin's range — (float − min) ÷ (max − min) — and averaged. Each output's float is its min + average × (max − min), so a restricted-range skin like 0.10–0.20 can only land in the wears its range allows.

Prices, fees & freshness

Values are Steam Community Market averages from the snapshot dated on each page. Profit subtracts the ~13% Steam seller fee. StatTrak™ inputs give StatTrak™ outputs (knives only — gloves have no StatTrak™). Map collections outside weapon cases aren't in DropLabz's dataset yet.

Pick the skin you want in the reverse trade-up finder, check any contract in the trade-up calculator, or compare with opening cases on case ROI and knife odds.