BUFF163 is the world's largest CS2 skin marketplace by volume, operated by NetEase, one of China's largest gaming companies. With over 2 million active listings, it offers the deepest liquidity and typically the lowest prices in the industry.

BUFF163 prices are widely considered the "reference standard" for CS2 item valuations. Many Western traders use BUFF prices (converted to USD/EUR) as the baseline for their own pricing decisions.

The platform charges a 2.5% fee to both buyers and sellers, making the total transaction cost 5%. While this is higher than some Western platforms on the buyer side, the substantially lower base prices often result in better overall value.

Declared by BUFF163. The operator, its registered company and how long it has been running are in the At a Glance panel above.

Countries over-represented among SteamAnalyst readers who chose BUFF163 over the last 90 days, measured against our own traffic mix — China at 6.1× means 6.1 times its share of the site overall. This is where our readers were, not where BUFF163's own visitors are.

VPN use is common in skin trading — reaching a market that blocks your region, or working around a payment restriction. A reader is counted where they browsed from, not where they live, so these figures may under-count exactly the countries they are most likely to be interesting for.