If your loadout skews toward quiet, cool-toned revolvers, Leaf Cicada is the kind of skin that rewards patience. It is not trying to scream on a trade screenshot. The official line ties charcoal fired at high heat to layered green on the body, with electroplating locking a metallic sheen over that base. The name evokes a cicada on a leaf; what you actually buy is low-saturation cold green plus metal highlights—closer to a keepsake piece than a flex skin.

Release & where it sits

Leaf Cicada landed on March 31, 2025, alongside the Spring Forward update and the Cold Zone Collection. In recent weapon finish sorting, treat that date as your anchor: same batch, everyday green lane—not pattern-heavy spectacle.

Designer note

Available records point Creator / Designer to Valve; there is no separately verifiable community Workshop author to cite. Shop honestly: treat it as an official electroplating scheme inside Valve’s pipeline.

How to find listings

Drops and context come from the Cold Zone Collection. On Steam Community Market or C5GAME, filter by collection name rather than chasing internal ids like aq_titanium_acid—listing pages usually surface the Cold Zone lineage more clearly.

Specs that matter for buying

| Field | Detail |
|------|--------|
| Weapon | Revolver (weapon) |
| Finish | Leaf Cicada |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Collection | Cold Zone |
| Finish style | Electroplating |
| Wear | 0.00 – 0.65098 |

Uncommon means you are not paying for top-tier rarity—but electroplated green on the revolver line still reads distinct, especially if you are completing a Cold Zone set without blowing the budget.

The ~0.65 max wear is wider than many popular skins. From very low float to high wear, the gap in how gray the green gets and how continuous the plate highlights look can be large. Do not assume “Minimal Wear” alone tells the story; decimals often matter more than the label.

What to check in inspect

1. Spin the revolver in inspect—thumbnail greens lie.
2. Watch whether the green base turns muddy or gray at your target float.
3. Trace electroplating highlights—broken or patchy plate reads cheaper in motion even at the same wear tier.
4. Lock a max float you can live with, then compare price and delivery on Steam vs C5GAME at that band.

Leaf Cicada is not a story-driven hype skin. Value tends to track Cold Zone set completion, green aesthetic fit, and the exact condition you verified—not meme pricing.

Shopping verdict

Worth it if: you want a calm Cold Zone revolver, you will inspect before paying, and you are fine with uncommon tier pricing.

Pass or wait if: you need loud patterns, you hate wide wear spread, or listings look gray/plate-broken at your budget cap—same wear name, worse float.

Editor’s aside

I treat Leaf Cicada as a “inspect tax” skin: two listings both say Field-Tested can look like different items once the green dulls. Set your float ceiling first, then hunt—on C5GAME and Steam—instead of chasing the cheapest tag.