Community price on backpack.tf: 25.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-07 (2.0y ago). The live quote above, 8.20 keys, is 67% lower and last moved 11d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $99.03 — the lowest of one listing for the Hard Carry effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:43 UTC (7d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 8 keys, 12.88 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual A Handsome Handy Thing”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
114 observations
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Hard Carry A Handsome Handy Thing sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 114 observations, from 25.4 keys to 14.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
25.4 keys
20.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:03 UTC
23.1 keys
20.8 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:46 UTC
19.7 keys
10.9 keys
18 DEC 2025 · 02:52 UTC
21.8 keys
10.9 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:57 UTC
19.1 keys
12.9 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
18.9 keys
13.2 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 14:45 UTC
15.9 keys
11.7 keys
24 MAR 2026 · 02:07 UTC
16.3 keys
11.6 keys
15 APR 2026 · 06:32 UTC
16.4 keys
9.78 keys
8 MAY 2026 · 14:33 UTC
16.1 keys
11.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
16.2 keys
6.57 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
16.4 keys
9.79 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
13.4 keys
11.6 keys
2 AUG 2026 · 18:43 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
14.7 keys
12.7 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.0 keys
14.0 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
15.9 keys
13.9 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 06:11 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
15.9 keys
13.9 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
Price history in numbers
114 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Hard Carry A Handsome Handy Thing's sell price ranged from 8.20 keys to 16.5 keys and is down 4.1% after 33 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.20 keys to 23.3 keys (down 35.8%). Today's 14.8 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.20 keys (1 Oct 2026) and the highest 25.4 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 111 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.