Snakebite Case Skins

The Snakebite Case contains 17 weapon skins across 17 weapons and 24 rare knife/glove drops. By rarity: 2 Covert, 3 Classified, 5 Restricted, 7 Mil-Spec. The Covert skins are USP-S | The Traitor and M4A4 | In Living Color.

The most expensive regular skin from the Snakebite Case is the USP-S | The Traitor, currently priced at $125.67 in Factory New. Among rare special items, knives and gloves can sell for significantly more — check the Rare Special Items section above for current prices.

The Snakebite Case can drop 24 rare special items including Sport Gloves | Slingshot, Sport Gloves | Nocts, Driver Gloves | Snow Leopard, Specialist Gloves | Marble Fade, Driver Gloves | Black Tie, Sport Gloves | Scarlet Shamagh, Specialist Gloves | Tiger Strike, Specialist Gloves | Field Agent and 16 more. These have approximately a 0.26% chance of dropping per opening.

The most affordable skin from the Snakebite Case is the UMP-45 | Oscillator, starting at around $0.42 in Factory New. Mil-Spec grade skins are the most common drops and typically the most affordable.

Opening the Snakebite Case requires the case itself (~$0.42) plus a key ($2.49 on Steam). The total cost is approximately $2.91. Most openings return Mil-Spec or Industrial skins worth less than the opening cost, but rare Covert or knife drops can be worth many times more.

Statistically, no: based on Valve's drop odds and live prices across 30+ marketplaces, one Snakebite Case opening costs $2.91 (case + key) and returns $1.35 in expected value — an expected return of -53.6%. Rare drops are why people open anyway: the top Covert skin (USP-S | The Traitor) is worth ~$125.67. See the Unboxing Odds & ROI section above for the full breakdown.

Compare Snakebite Case prices across 30+ marketplaces on SteamAnalyst. Third-party markets like Skinport, BUFF163, and CSFloat often offer cases at lower prices than the Steam Community Market due to reduced fees. Prices can vary 10-30% between platforms.