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Economy Calculator
Should you buy, save or force? Enter your team's money and get a clear call, then see how the next rounds play out on every path.
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Team money, total $6,600
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Recommendation
Full save
One save is not enough, but two loss payouts reach $5,620, past the full-buy line.
Each player buys
- Keep your pistol
- Nothing else
- Plan a two-round save
- Spend each
- $0
- Left over
- $1,320
- Next round if lost
- $3,220
Average money per player, if you follow this plan
Future rounds forecast
Next round
- LNext loss pays $2,400$3,220Not yet
- WNext loss pays $1,400$5,170Full buy
In two rounds
- LLNext loss pays $2,900$5,620Full buy
- LWNext loss pays $1,900$7,070Full buy
- WLNext loss pays $1,900$5,470Full buy
- WWNext loss pays $1,400$7,920Full buy
Win paths assume an elimination win, two rifle kills and a 25% refill. Loss paths assume no kill money. Your next-loss payout steps to $2,400 after one more loss.
What if you bought differently?
Round outcome simulator
- Equipment gap-0.11
- Player advantage0.00
- Utility0.00
- Side default-0.12
Economy rules used
Start money
$800
Max money
$16,000
Loss ladder
$1,400 to $3,400
Win effect
Counter -1
Elimination or time win
$3,250
Bomb or defuse win
$3,500
T plant, round lost
+$800 each
Full buy line
T $4,400, CT $5,100
These third-party guides disagree on the pistol-round loss payout; this tool uses the community figure of $1,900. Valve publishes no official table, so check the in-game values.