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DMarket vs Steam
DMarket and Steam side by side: what each charges, how you cash out, and which is cheaper, from the lowest listing of every item both sell.
74.7% cheaper on DMarketcheaper on Steam 22.6%
Of the items both sell, DMarket is cheaper on 74.7% and Steam on 22.6%: DMarket wins more often. Neither is cheaper on everything, so check the skin you want on the prices page.
| DMarket | Steam | |
|---|---|---|
| The marketplace | ||
| Type | Bots and peer to peer | Peer to peer |
| Seller fee | Not published | 15% (5% Steam, 10% CS2) |
| Buyer fee | 0% | 0% |
| Cash out to | Card, Bank transfer, PayPal, Crypto | None |
| Our trading robot | Yes | — |
| Buy orders in our API | Yes | Yes |
| Against every marketplace | ||
| Items it alone is cheapest on | 7.0% | 0.4% |
| Rank for the lowest price | #7 | #19 |
| Typical gap to the lowest price | 13.9% | 45.3% |
| Head to head, over the items both sell | ||
| Cheaper on | 74.7% | 22.6% |
| Under $10 | 64.9% | 30.6% |
| $10 to $100 | 86.6% | 13.3% |
| Over $100 | 96.8% | 3.2% |
| One of each item costs | the least | 35.6% more |
Fees and cash-out as reported in November 2026 by the review sites on each marketplace's page; fees change, so check before you trade. Prices from every item's lowest listing now.
Cheaper on DMarket
The most liquid skins that cost less there right now.
| Item | DMarket | Steam |
|---|---|---|
 AUG | Lapis Lazuli (Field-Tested) | $2.89 | $3.89 |
 AUG | Storm (Minimal Wear) | $0.04 | $0.07 |
 AWP | Wildfire (Minimal Wear) | $54.74 | $69.59 |
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Questions
DMarket or Steam?
On 74.7% of the items both sell, DMarket has the lower price; Steam on 22.6%. The rest cost the same on both.
For the items over $100 both sell, DMarket is cheaper on 96.8% and Steam on 3.2%.
DMarket does not publish one seller fee. Steam takes 15% (5% Steam, 10% CS2) of a sale. As reported in November 2026; fees change, so check before you trade.
The CS2 price API gives both marketplaces' cheapest listing of every item in one request. The marketplaces page ranks all of them.
