Case 1
- How much do you want to receive?
- 10
- Does the game charge a game fee?
- Standard — 10 % game fee
1.50
Open with these valuesSteam Market Fee Calculator
1.50
Result: 1.50Steam takes its cut from what the seller gets, not from the buyer's price: 5 % for Steam plus 10 % for the game, each at least one cent. Ask for 10.00 and the fee is 1.50, so the listing reads 11.50. On a three-cent sale the two minimums alone are two cents, where the percentages give nothing.
The numbers at a glance
Held fixed: Does the game charge a game fee? Standard — 10 % game fee.
| How much do you want to receive? | Result |
|---|---|
| 2.50 | 0.37 |
| 5.00 | 0.75 |
| 7.50 | 1.12 |
| 10.00Your value | 1.50 |
| 12.50 | 1.87 |
| 15.00 | 2.25 |
| 17.50 | 2.62 |
| 20.00 | 3.00 |
Worked examples
Case 2
- How much do you want to receive?
- 0.03
- Does the game charge a game fee?
- Standard — 10 % game fee
0.02
Open with these valuesCase 3
- How much do you want to receive?
- 57.42
- Does the game charge a game fee?
- No game fee — Steam's 5 % only
2.87
Open with these valuesHow it's calculated
Fee = max(0.01, 5 % of payout) + max(0.01, 10 % of payout)
- StepEnter the amount you want to end up with, not the listing price.
- StepSay whether the game charges its 10 % game fee on top of Steam's 5 %.
- StepRound each fee down to a whole cent, but never below one cent.
- ResultAdd the fee to your payout — that is what the buyer will pay.
What this number means
The buyer's price and your payout differ
Both fees are worked out from the amount you want to receive and added on top, so the listing always sits above your payout. Ask for 10.00 on a standard game and the buyer sees 11.50 (rates as checked 2026-08-25).
The one-cent floor hits small sales hardest
Each of the two fees is at least one cent, whatever the percentages give (source checked 2026-08-25). On the smallest listing Steam allows, 0.03, the seller keeps one cent and the fees take two.
Each fee is rounded down on its own
Steam works out both fees separately and rounds each down to a whole cent, never up (source checked 2026-08-25). Above the one-cent floor that leaves the real rate a shade under the nominal 5 % and 10 %.
Rates as the cited source had them
The 5 % Steam fee, the 10 % game fee and the one-cent floor come from the Steam guide linked below, checked on 2026-08-25. Valve can change market terms at any time, so check the guide before you rely on an exact figure.
Commonly misread
I listed the item at 10.00, so 8.50 lands in my wallet.
The fees sit on top of the payout instead of being cut from the listing. A listing of 10.00 leaves the seller about 8.70.
CS2 and Dota 2 items skip the game fee because Valve publishes them.
Valve charges the same 10 % game fee on its own games, so those items carry the full 15 %.
Five percent of three cents is nothing, so a tiny sale is fee-free.
Both fees are lifted to their one-cent minimum instead. Two of those three cents are fees.
Reference table
| Payout · game type | Buyer pays | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
| 0.03 · standard game | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| 0.03 · no game fee | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| 1.23 · standard game | 1.41 | 0.18 |
| 10.00 · standard game | 11.50 | 1.50 |
| 10.00 · no game fee | 10.50 | 0.50 |
| 57.42 · no game fee | 60.29 | 2.87 |
Questions
What fees does the Steam Community Market charge?
Two of them: a Steam transaction fee of 5 % that goes to Valve, and a game fee of 10 % that goes to the game's publisher. Each has a floor of one cent in your wallet currency. Both are worked out from the seller's proceeds and added on top, so a listing sits about 15 % above the payout.
Do CS2, Dota 2 and TF2 items pay the game fee?
Yes. Valve publishes those games and charges the same 10 % game fee on their items, so they carry the full 15 %. Only a game whose publisher set no fee at all escapes it — that is what the second option above is for.
Why is the fee on a three-cent sale a third of the price?
Because each of the two fees has a floor of one cent. Five percent of three cents and ten percent of three cents both round down to nothing, so both get lifted to the minimum. That is why the smallest sale Steam allows leaves the seller one cent out of three.
Does the buyer pay more than my payout?
Yes, and that is exactly how the split works. Steam adds both fees to the amount you asked for and shows the sum as the market price. Ask for 10.00 on a standard game and the listing reads 11.50.
How does Steam round the fees?
Each fee is worked out separately and then rounded down to a whole cent, never up. On most amounts that puts the real rate slightly under the nominal 5 % and 10 %. Below roughly twenty cents the one-cent minimums take over and the effective rate climbs instead.
Can I avoid the market fees?
No. There are no skills, loyalty tiers or seller ranks that lower them, and the rates are the same for every account. The only fee-free way to move an item is a direct trade with another player.
Sources and last check
Information, not professional advice.