CSGO skins are cosmetic items that make your weapons and characters look pretty without influencing the gameplay itself. They do not give you any advantage over your opponents, and no, owning a skin will not improve your aim, however sad that may be.
Counter Strike Global Offensive is perhaps the biggest name in FPS games. It was released in 2013 and has since generated millions of dollars in revenue for its developer, Steam. This revenue comes from various methods in the game, but perhaps the biggest and most notable one would be the in-game skins.
CSGO was the first game in the franchise to introduce cosmetic items to the game. However, the game didn’t have skins at the time of its release in 2013. They were later added in with the Arms Deal update.
This was the update that changed everything and possibly played a significant role in the success of CSGO. Upon release, the Arms Deal update added ten different themed weapon collections, with many more to come.
CSGO skins are different weapon finishes that you can equip on your weapons in the game. To be able to equip a skin, you need to own it in the game first. And some of these skins are so absurdly expensive that owning them will cost you an arm and a leg.
Top 10 Most Expensive CSGO Skins
Here are the most expensive skins in Counter Strike Global Offensive:
10) StatTrak AK-47 | Fire Serpent – Factory New w/ Four iBUYPOWER (Holo)s
Price: $100,000+
No, you didn’t read the price wrong. The cheapest skin on this list indeed has a price tag of over a Hundred Thousand Dollars. This is because this is a StatTrak skin in Factory New condition, which already makes it very expensive among the csgo skins. But this isn’t the real reason for its hefty price tag.
The real reason this skin is so expensive is the four stickers attached to it. The iBUYPOWER (Holo) sticker is currently worth $59,999.00 each. And this AK-47 has four of them attached to it, making the total price of this skin well over $100k!
Knowing the price of these stickers, it is safe to assume that $100k is a fairly generous price tag, and the skin can now be worth well over it.
9) StatTrak AK-47 | Vulcan w/ Four TITAN (Hollow)s
Price: $120,000+
You might be wondering, why is the AK-47 Vulcan more expensive than the Fire Serpent? And you are right.
The base version of the Fire Serpent is many times more expensive than the Vulcan. But the stickers attached to this Vulcan have a higher value than those on the Fire Serpent.
This AK-47 Vulcan has four of the TITAN (Holo) stickers attached to it. The price of these stickers? 70,000+ each.
That’s right, each of those stickers you see has a current price of more than $70k. And four of those attached to this StatTrak Factory New AK-47 Vulcan make the price of this weapon more than $120k.
8) AWP | Medusa w/ Four TITAN (Holo)s
Price: $200,000+
This skin was crafted back in 2017 by the reddit user Dronealicious who also posted about it on reddit. The community disliked this skin at the time, but little did they know how valuable it would become. Today, this skin is one of the most legendary skins in CSGO.
When this skin was crafted 5 years ago, it would have only cost around $10,000. But that isn’t the case anymore. In 2021 this skin was sold to a YouTuber called Prodigy for $128,000.
Today, after the price of each TITAN (Holo) has gone above $70k, it is safe to say that this skin would be worth more than $200,000.
7) StatTrak M4A4 | The Emperor – Factory New w/ Four Titan (Holo)s
Price: $250,000+
This StatTrak M4A4 is expensive for multiple reasons. First of all, it has Four TITAN (Holo) stickers, which we have already seen are very expensive at $70k+ each. However, the main attraction of this skin is the incredibly low float value that it has.
This M4A4 has an exceptional float value of 0.000009, a hundred times lower than many of the skins on this list. And to top it all off, this is a StatTrak skin which significantly adds to its value.
It is difficult to evaluate the price of this weapon since it hasn’t been recently sold anywhere, but if it were to sell, the cost would be above $250,000.
6) AK-47 | Wild Lotus – Factory New w/ Four TITAN (Holo)s
Price: $280,000+
The TITAN (Holo) stickers are constantly being seen adding value to normal skins, and this AK-47 is no exception. The AK-47 Wild Lotus is crafted with four TITAN Holo stickers making it one of the most expensive skins in CSGO.
The Wild Lotus is a great skin, but some people don’t like the combination of Wild Lotus with the blue TITAN Holo stickers. Despite people’s opinions, this is a very expensive skin and would cost above $280k.
5) AWP | Gungnir – Factory New w/ Four TITAN (Holo)s
Price: $300,000+
The fifth most expensive CSGO skin on this list is the AWP Gungnir with four TITAN (Holo) stickers in Factory New condition. It was crafted by a Chinese guy in 2020.
This skin wasn’t all that special when it was crafted. But due to the price increase of both the AWP Gungnir and the TITAN (Holo) stickers, it has gotten really expensive.
The low float of 0.0039 on this skin also contributes to its high price, and if it were to sell today, it would likely go for more than $300,000!
4) StatTrak M4A4 | Howl w/ Four iBUYPOWER (Holo)s
Price: $300,000+
Speaking of the fourth most expensive skin in CSGO, we have the world’s best condition StatTrak M4A4 Howl, equipped with four iBUYPOWER (Holo) stickers.
The iBUYPOWER stickers were applied to this gun back in 2016, and at the time, it would have only cost $15,000 to craft. But today, seeing as the price of each iBUYPOWER (Holo) sticker is above $50,000, this skin would sell for over $300,000.
3) Souvenir Awp | Dragon Lore W/ PashaBiceps Autograph On Scope
Price: $300,000+
There is no list of expensive CSGO skins complete without having an AWP Dragon Lore in it. Having a Souvenir AWP Dragon Lore is already going to add a lot of value to your skin collection. But this particular model has a unique feature that makes it much more expensive than usual.
This AWP has the autograph of PashaBiceps on its scope. Stickers on the scope are much more valuable than those on the body since they are more prominent. If sold today, this skin would easily cost more than $300k.
2) StatTrak AK-47 | Case Hardened Blue Gem Scar Pattern w/ Four Katowich 2014 TITAN (Holo)s
Price: $500,000+
The second most expensive skin on this list is the StatTrak AK-47 Case Hardened Blue gem. Three of these skins exist, one of which is, unfortunately, VAC banned.
This Scar Pattern skin is a pretty popular one in CSGO. And for those who don’t know, this skin is valuable because most of the barrel is blue in color, except for one orange-colored stroke or scar in the pattern.
This skin also has four 2014 TITAN (Holo) stickers, meaning if it was sold today, it would cost more than $500,000.
1) Karambit | Case Hardened Blue Gem Factory New
Price: $1.5 Million+
The most expensive skin in Counter Strike Global Offensive is the Factory New Karambit Case Hardened Blue Gem! This Case Hardened Karambit has a pattern ID of 387, which is the best Blue Gem pattern ID, along with the best condition float value in the game!
This is truly a rare and one-of-a-kind skin. There is only gonna be one of these skins unboxed for every 824 million cases that get opened, which tells you how rare this skin actually is.
This skin was sold for $150,000 in 2016, which was the biggest transaction in CSGO at the time. Although that price is nowhere near what this skin is worth today. Some say that nowadays, this Karambit Blue Gem would sell for more than $1.5 Million!
