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Nova | Rising Skull Price

CS2 heavy prices, float values & marketplace comparison

CSDB estimated value · Field-Tested

$3.90–$4.90

Medium confidenceBased on current listings on 13 marketplaces; 84 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded.

Best current price

$3.90

CSFloat · 43% below Steam

Steam$6.86
Best cash market$3.90
Difference$2.96
Cash discount ?43%
Highest buy order
$5.29Steam
30D sales
84Steam
Liquidity
46/100Liquid
Float range
0.15–0.38Field-Tested
Listings
171tracked markets
Markets quoting
13

Marketplace prices from the daily snapshot · updated

Marketplace Prices

Field-Tested · updated
MarketplacePricevs Steamvs market median
CSFloatBest price4.8Review$3.9043%-11.4%Buy
Tradeit.gg4.8ReviewCode CSDB$3.9642%-10.0%Buy
Buff163Review$4.1639%-5.5%Buy
LIS-SKINS4.8Review$4.1939%-4.8%Buy
Skin.Land$4.2039%-4.5%Buy
HaloSkinsReview$4.2538%-3.4%Buy
Waxpeer4.0ReviewCode CSDB$4.4036%0.0%Buy
SkinFlow$4.6532%+5.7%Buy
Steam Community MarketWallet funds$6.86

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

Field-Tested
Latest$5.03
30D+1.2%
High · 2026-09-12$5.50
Low · 2026-09-20$4.91

Field-Tested · CSDB daily cross-market lowest listing · 14 observations

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Full Price History

Nova | Rising Skull (Field-Tested) Steam price and trading volume since Dec 2013466 days tracked.

$5.57Latest
$14.88All-time high
$0.43All-time low
20,994Total sold
Dec 2013Trading volumeSep 2026

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

Nova Rising Skull Prices by Wear

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$7.80–$8.80$7.58$10.192913
Minimal Wear$4.50–$5.50$4.49$7.754413
Field-Tested$3.90–$4.90$3.90$6.868413
Well-Worn$5.20–$8.00$4.37$6.3645
Battle-Scarred$4.60–$9.60$4.74$6.641010

StatTrak™

WearCSDB valueBest priceSteam30D salesMarkets
Factory New$10.80–$11.80$10.38$19.501112
Minimal Wear$10.60–$13$10.50$16.302313
Field-Tested$5.10–$5.80$5.03$6.846111
Well-Worn$5.00–$7.40$6.00$10.0449
Battle-Scarred$5.60–$6.40$5.93$6.8357

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
55/ 100Mixed market
  • Liquidity4684 sales in 30 days, 171 listings
  • Demand8549% of listed supply sold in 30 days
  • Market depth7613 marketplaces quoting, 171 listings
  • Spread quality030.3% between the cheapest and dearest cleaned ask
  • Data confidence59current listings on 13 marketplaces; 84 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
$3.90–$4.90medium confidence
Lowest current listing
$3.90
Cash-market median ask
$4.4013 markets
Steam price
$6.86wallet funds
Steam median sale · 30D
$6.27wallet funds
Highest buy order
$5.291,337 wanted · Steam
Steam bid/ask spread
23%
Steam sales · 7D
28
Steam sales · 30D
84
Steam sales · 90D
269
Median time to sell
9 hoursSteam
Active listings
171tracked markets
Marketplaces quoting
13
Cross-market spread
30.3%cleaned asks, Steam excluded
Liquidity
46/100Liquid

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

Recent Sales — What It Actually Sells For

Listed prices are asks; these are completed sales on Skinport over the last 7 and 30 days. The gap between the two is the real negotiating room.

WearSold (7d)Median (7d)Sold (30d)Median (30d)30d range
StatTrak™ Factory New01$13.16$13.16$13.16
StatTrak™ Minimal Wear1$8.251$8.25$8.25$8.25
StatTrak™ Field-Tested00

Sold-price data via Skinport, refreshed daily (as of 22 Sept). One marketplace's completed sales — a floor on truth, not the whole market.

Float Analysis

0.000.50
0.00 FNMWFTWWBS1.00
WearFloats this skin can rollShare of its rangeCSDB value
Factory New0.000.0714%$7.80–$8.80
Minimal Wear0.070.1516%$4.50–$5.50
Field-Tested0.150.3846%$3.90–$4.90
Well-Worn0.380.4514%$5.20–$8.00
Battle-Scarred0.450.5010%$4.60–$9.60
  • 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

Nova Rising Skull Details

Weapon
Nova
Finish
Rising Skull
Rarity
Restricted
Category
Heavy
Found in
Winter Offensive Weapon Case
Collection
The Winter Offensive Collection
First seen on market
12 Dec 2013
Float range
0.000.50
Paint index
263
StatTrak™ available
Yes
Souvenir available
No
Case drop odds (grade)
~15.98%
Heavy skins tracked
210
  • Cheaper than 32% of Nova finishes, comparing each at its most affordable valued wear.
  • #34 of 45 Nova finishes by Steam sales in the last 30 days (all wears).

Market Summary

Nova | Rising Skull Field-Tested has a CSDB estimated market value of $3.90–$4.90 (medium confidence), with the cheapest tracked listing at $3.90 on CSFloat. Steam lists it at $6.86, so the best cash price is 43% lower. This wear recorded 84 Steam sales in the past 30 days and scores 46/100 for liquidity. Across the wears CSDB can value, Nova | Rising Skull spans about $3.90–$9.60.

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About Nova | Rising Skull

The Nova's rock-bottom price tag makes it a great ambush weapon for a cash-strapped team. It has been customized with an image of a skull using matte paints and an oil-based paint marker. Mr. Izaki, I'm not complaining... but how many shotguns do you need? - Imogen and The Oni, Part 1— Official in-game description

Nova | Rising Skull is a Restricted heavy finish from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case, on the market since 2013. It drops in StatTrak™ as well as the standard version.

The Nova is a heavy in CS2 that costs $1,050 in-game.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is Nova | Rising Skull worth?
Nova | Rising Skull is worth roughly $3.90–$9.60 depending on wear, on CSDB's estimate. Factory New: $7.80–$8.80; Minimal Wear: $4.50–$5.50; Field-Tested: $3.90–$4.90; Well-Worn: $5.20–$8.00; Battle-Scarred: $4.60–$9.60.
What is the cheapest Nova | Rising Skull?
The cheapest tracked listing is Field-Tested at $3.90 on CSFloat, 43% below the Steam price of $6.86.
What is the Factory New Nova | Rising Skull price?
Factory New Nova | Rising Skull has a CSDB estimated value of $7.80–$8.80 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $7.58 on DMarket, against $10.19 on Steam.
What is the Minimal Wear Nova | Rising Skull price?
Minimal Wear Nova | Rising Skull has a CSDB estimated value of $4.50–$5.50 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $4.49 on CSFloat, against $7.75 on Steam.
What is the Field-Tested Nova | Rising Skull price?
Field-Tested Nova | Rising Skull has a CSDB estimated value of $3.90–$4.90 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $3.90 on CSFloat, against $6.86 on Steam.
Is StatTrak™ Nova | Rising Skull more expensive?
Factory New: StatTrak™ $11.30 vs $8.31 (+36%); Minimal Wear: StatTrak™ $11.75 vs $5.00 (+135%); Field-Tested: StatTrak™ $5.45 vs $4.40 (+24%); Well-Worn: StatTrak™ $6.28 vs $6.57 (-4%); Battle-Scarred: StatTrak™ $6.02 vs $7.09 (-15%). Compared on CSDB estimates for wears where both versions can be valued.
What float can Nova | Rising Skull have?
Nova | Rising Skull rolls floats from 0.00 to 0.50. 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 0.45–0.50.
How liquid is Nova | Rising Skull?
Field-Tested Nova | Rising Skull scores 46/100 on CSDB's liquidity measure (liquid): 84 sales in 30 days against 171 active listings — about 61 days of supply at that rate.
When was Nova | Rising Skull released?
Nova | Rising Skull first appeared on the Steam Community Market on 12 December 2013, in the Winter Offensive Weapon Case. That is its first market listing, which for most items is within a day of release.

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