Rust Skin Prices (Steam Community Market)
Rust skins are cosmetic re-skins for weapons, clothing and doors, traded on the Steam Community Market, so the prices below are real asking prices rather than estimates. Values are in US dollars and include Steam's built-in fee.
The watchlist covers four of the best-known high-value skins. Prices load live from Steam through a caching layer to stay within Steam's rate limits, so a row may briefly show a dash if Steam throttles a request. Undated articles quote these same skins at prices several times apart (Tempered AK47 appears anywhere from about $15 to about $38 across the ones I came across), which is a good reminder that only the live figure here is current.
The game at a glance
- Launched
- 8 February 2018 (full release)In Steam Early Access since December 2013.Source: Wikipedia: Rust (video game)
- What it is
- A multiplayer-only survival game from Facepunch Studios: every player starts with a rock and a torch, must manage hunger, thirst and health, and competes for resources across thousands of official, community and private servers.Source: Wikipedia: Rust (video game)
- Players
- Facepunch announced more than 20 million Steam copies sold (the report is undated; it was 12.48 million at the end of 2021). On Steam, Rust averaged about 106,000 concurrent players in June 2026 (peak 144,613); all-time Steam peaks are cited between 259,646 and 267,211 depending on the source.Sources: WN Hub (20M copies), Game Developer (12M copies, 267,211 peak), SteamPulse: Rust · Jun 2026
| Item | Lowest |
|---|---|
| Alien Red | … |
| Glory AK47 | … |
| Tempered AK47 | … |
| Tempered Mask | … |
Frequently asked questions
Why do some Rust skins cost so much more than others?
Steam Market prices are set purely by what owners ask. Skins that can no longer be obtained have a fixed supply, so their price depends on how many owners are willing to sell. One marketplace's write-up attributes Alien Red's price to a very limited availability window in 2017.
Why are Steam prices different from other skin marketplaces?
Steam takes a fee on every sale that sellers price in, and Steam Wallet funds cannot be withdrawn as cash. Third-party sites compete with cash withdrawal and lower fees, so the same skin can list for a different price there.