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M249 | Nebula Crusader Price

CS2 heavy prices, float values & marketplace comparison

CSDB estimated value · Field-Tested

$0.96–$1.06

Medium confidenceBased on current listings on 14 marketplaces; 387 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded.

Best current price

$0.95

SkinBaron · 26% below Steam

Lowest recorded ask, 31 Oct 2026 · verify on the marketplace

Steam$1.28
Best cash market$0.95
Difference−$0.33
Cash discount ?26%
Highest buy order
$1.26Steam
30D sales
387Steam
Liquidity
60/100Liquid
Float range
0.15–0.38Field-Tested
Listings
751tracked markets
Markets quoting
14

Marketplace prices from the daily snapshot · updated

Marketplace Prices

Field-Tested · updated
MarketplacePricevs Steamvs market median
SkinBaronBest price★ 4.4Review$0.95−26%-5.9%Search
CSFloat★ 4.8Review$0.96−25%-5.0%Open
Tradeit.gg★ 4.8ReviewCode CSDB$0.96−25%-5.0%Search
LIS-SKINS★ 4.8Review$1.00−22%-1.0%Search
Skin.Land$1.00−22%-1.0%Search
Buff163Review$1.01−21%0.0%Search
Youpin (UU)$1.01−21%0.0%Search
HaloSkinsReview$1.02−20%+1.0%Search
Steam Community MarketWallet funds$1.28——

Each price is that marketplace's lowest listing for this exact wear and variant. Buyer fees, where a marketplace charges them, are on top.

Individual Listings

Field-Tested · CSFloat

See the actual items for sale — exact float, paint seed, stickers and screenshots — and how each is priced against the base value of this wear.

Price History

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Full Price History

M249 | Nebula Crusader (Field-Tested) Steam price and trading volume since Sep 2015 — 407 days tracked.

$1.35Latest
$2.61All-time high
$0.33All-time low
59,356Total sold
Sep 2015Trading volumeOct 2026

Full price & volume history via SteamWebAPI · Steam Community Market.

M249 Nebula Crusader Prices by Wear

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$5.80–$6.60$5.64$7.364313
Minimal Wear$1.75–$2.00$1.74$2.3819714
Field-Tested$0.96–$1.06$0.95$1.2838714
Well-Worn$0.88–$0.98$0.88$1.1517314
Battle-Scarred$0.90–$1.00$0.91$1.1513314

StatTrak™

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$10.40–$11.80$10.45$13.661014
Minimal Wear$4.60–$5.10$4.58$5.784814
Field-Tested$2.30–$2.75$2.25$3.259415
Well-Worn$1.70–$2.40$1.72$2.273814
Battle-Scarred$1.80–$2.10$1.75$2.383813

CSDB value is an estimate from recorded sales and cleaned marketplace asks, shown as a range. "Best price" is the lowest listing that survived outlier checks. Where a wear has only a few asks and no recorded sales, CSDB shows the ask and declines to value it. Method

CSDB Market Score

Field-Tested
65/ 100Healthy market
  • Liquidity60387 sales in 30 days, 751 listings across tracked markets
  • Demand100412% of Steam's open offers sold in 30 days
  • Market depth8714 marketplaces quoting, 751 listings
  • Spread quality032.6% between the cheapest and dearest cleaned ask
  • Data confidence65current listings on 14 marketplaces; 387 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded

How easy this market is to trade in at a fair price — not a view on where the price is going. Subscores appear only where the inputs exist for this wear.

Market Statistics

Field-Tested
CSDB estimated value
$0.96–$1.06medium confidence
Lowest current listing
$0.95
Cash-market median ask
$1.0114 markets
Steam price
$1.28wallet funds
Steam median sale · 30D
$1.29wallet funds
Highest buy order
$1.264,394 wanted · Steam
Steam bid/ask spread
2%
Steam sales · 7D
78
Steam sales · 30D
387
Steam sales · 90D
1,302
Median time to sell
3 hoursSteam
Active listings
751tracked markets
Days to clear the book
7.3Steam offers at Steam sale rate
Marketplaces quoting
14
Cross-market spread
32.6%cleaned asks, Steam excluded
Liquidity
60/100Liquid

Only figures the data supports are listed — a missing row means the feed does not report it for this wear, not that it is zero. How these are measured

Float Analysis

0.00–1.00
0.00 FNMWFTWWBS1.00
WearFloats this skin can rollShare of its rangeCSDB value
Factory New0.00–0.077%$5.80–$6.60
Minimal Wear0.07–0.158%$1.75–$2.00
Field-Tested0.15–0.3823%$0.96–$1.06
Well-Worn0.38–0.457%$0.88–$0.98
Battle-Scarred0.45–1.0055%$0.90–$1.00
  • Float premium within a wear:not published yet. Measuring it needs completed sales with their exact floats, and CSDB does not hold enough of those for this skin to separate a float premium from ordinary price noise. Load the individual listings above to see how each item's float sits within its wear.

Lowest Floats on the Market

M249 Nebula Crusader Details

Weapon
M249
Finish
Nebula Crusader
Rarity
Restricted
Category
Heavy
Found in
Shadow Case
Collection
The Shadow Collection
First seen on market
10 Sept 2015
Float range
0.00–1.00
Paint index
496
StatTrak™ available
Yes
Souvenir available
No
Unbox chance
4.00% one of 4 Restricted finishes sharing 15.98%
Heavy skins tracked
210
  • Cheaper than 33% of M249 finishes, comparing each at its most affordable valued wear.
  • #14 of 25 M249 finishes by Steam sales in the last 30 days (all wears).

Market Summary

M249 | Nebula Crusader Field-Tested has a CSDB estimated market value of $0.96–$1.06 (medium confidence), with the cheapest tracked listing at $0.95 on SkinBaron. Steam lists it at $1.28, so the best cash price is 26% lower. This wear recorded 387 Steam sales in the past 30 days and scores 60/100 for liquidity. Across the wears CSDB can value, M249 | Nebula Crusader spans about $0.88–$6.60.

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About M249 | Nebula Crusader

A strong open-area LMG, the M249 is the perfect choice for players willing to trade a slow fire rate for increased accuracy and a high ammo capacity. It has been custom painted to look like a classic arcade cabinet. You can use it, but you better put up a quarter first— Official in-game description

M249 | Nebula Crusader is a Restricted heavy finish from the Shadow Case, on the market since 2015. It drops in StatTrak™ as well as the standard version.

The M249 is a heavy in CS2 that costs $5,200 in-game.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is M249 | Nebula Crusader worth?
M249 | Nebula Crusader is worth roughly $0.88–$6.60 depending on wear, on CSDB's estimate. Factory New: $5.80–$6.60; Minimal Wear: $1.75–$2.00; Field-Tested: $0.96–$1.06; Well-Worn: $0.88–$0.98; Battle-Scarred: $0.90–$1.00.
What is the cheapest M249 | Nebula Crusader?
The cheapest tracked listing is Well-Worn at $0.88 on Tradeit.gg, 23% below the Steam price of $1.15.
What is the Factory New M249 | Nebula Crusader price?
Factory New M249 | Nebula Crusader has a CSDB estimated value of $5.80–$6.60 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $5.64 on Buff163, against $7.36 on Steam.
What is the Minimal Wear M249 | Nebula Crusader price?
Minimal Wear M249 | Nebula Crusader has a CSDB estimated value of $1.75–$2.00 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $1.74 on Buff163, against $2.38 on Steam.
What is the Field-Tested M249 | Nebula Crusader price?
Field-Tested M249 | Nebula Crusader has a CSDB estimated value of $0.96–$1.06 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $0.95 on SkinBaron, against $1.28 on Steam.
Is StatTrak™ M249 | Nebula Crusader more expensive?
Factory New: StatTrak™ $11.03 vs $6.23 (+77%); Minimal Wear: StatTrak™ $4.85 vs $1.89 (+157%); Field-Tested: StatTrak™ $2.54 vs $1.01 (+151%); Well-Worn: StatTrak™ $2.06 vs $0.93 (+122%); Battle-Scarred: StatTrak™ $1.93 vs $0.95 (+103%). Compared on CSDB estimates for wears where both versions can be valued.
What float can M249 | Nebula Crusader have?
M249 | Nebula Crusader rolls floats from 0.00 to 1.00. Factory New 0.00–0.07, Minimal Wear 0.07–0.15, Field-Tested 0.15–0.38, Well-Worn 0.38–0.45, Battle-Scarred 0.45–1.00.
How liquid is M249 | Nebula Crusader?
Field-Tested M249 | Nebula Crusader scores 60/100 on CSDB's liquidity measure (liquid): 387 recorded sales in 30 days, and 751 active listings across the marketplaces we track. Those are separate counts from separate venues, so they are scored as separate signals rather than divided into one another. Within Steam alone, where the sales and the open offers are the same population, the current book would take about 7 days to clear at that rate.
When was M249 | Nebula Crusader released?
M249 | Nebula Crusader first appeared on the Steam Community Market on 10 September 2015, in the Shadow Case. That is its first market listing, which for most items is within a day of release.

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