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ITEMS / INVENTORY / REVIEWED 2026-11-13

How to estimate the value of a CS2 Steam inventory

Make the inventory visible, understand which price each item is matched with, and why an estimate is not what you would receive from a sale.

STEP 01

The inventory must be public

A website can read a Steam inventory only when its owner has made it visible. Steam’s profile privacy has three states: Public, Friends Only and Private, with separate sub-settings. Open your profile, choose Edit Profile, then Privacy Settings, and set both the profile and the inventory to Public; changes are saved automatically.

STEP 02

Never sign in to get a valuation

Reading a public inventory needs only a profile link or a SteamID64. A valuation site that asks for your Steam password, a Steam Guard code or an API key is asking for more than the task requires; close it. NEXFRAG does not ask for any of them.

STEP 03

Which price is used

The NEXFRAG inventory tool matches each item’s exact market name with Skinport’s public price list and uses the lowest current listing; when nothing is listed, Skinport’s suggested price is used instead. Items without a match are listed without a value and are left out of the total instead of being given a guessed value.

STEP 04

Why the total is an estimate

A market-name price does not know an individual item’s float, pattern, stickers or charms, which can change what a buyer would pay. Prices also differ between marketplaces and move during the day, and every marketplace takes a fee from the seller. Treat the total as a reference range, not a sale price.

STEP 05

Check the items that matter

Sort by value and look at the few items that make up most of the total. For those, compare current listings of the exact item and wear on the marketplace where you would actually sell, including its fee, before making a decision.

Quick checklist

  1. Set your Steam profile and inventory to Public in Privacy Settings.
  2. Paste your profile link or SteamID64; do not enter a password anywhere.
  3. Note which items have no price and are missing from the total.
  4. Check the most valuable items against live listings of the exact item.

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