A staggering amount named, that Valve earned from CS2

It was calculated that in 2025 Valve could have earned more than one billion dollars from CS2, thanks to key sales and commission from item trading.

The profit calculations of the game developers were shared by blogger ZestyJesus.

As a basis he used sales data from Steam, which he compared with in-game prices. According to his data, Valve could have earned around one billion dollars only from key sales, since from November 2024 to November 2025 players opened 400 million cases, and each key costs about $2,5.

Credits: YouTube/ZestyJesus

Nevertheless the youtuber emphasizes that this is not the full profit of Valve. He also pointed out that skins, stickers and other items are sold in the in-game store, which could have brought the developers millions of dollars, however exact data is not available publicly.

In addition, the blogger reminded about Valve’s 15% commission on the Steam Marketplace. Considering that the total amount of item transactions for the year was about $1.22 billion, Valve could have earned around $166 million from it.

Many CS2 fans were surprised that a free game can generate such huge profits for the developers and maintain a stable economy worth billions of dollars.