Community price on backpack.tf: 17.0–18.0 keys, last changed 2023-10-22 (3.0y ago). The live quote above, 19.1 keys, is 12% higher 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: $52.50 — the lowest of one listing for the Violet Vortex effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:37 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 19 keys, 5 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 Bat Hat”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
94 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Violet Vortex Bat Hat sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 94 observations, from 18.3 keys to 19.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
18.3 keys
14.1 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:58 UTC
17.5 keys
14.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:05 UTC
16.8 keys
14.2 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:51 UTC
16.3 keys
12.3 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:51 UTC
15.4 keys
13.1 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 10:54 UTC
14.7 keys
13.4 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:38 UTC
13.3 keys
12.3 keys
11 MAY 2026 · 08:32 UTC
19.3 keys
15.4 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
19.1 keys
15.7 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
19.1 keys
16.1 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
11 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 06:24 UTC
21.7 keys
18.9 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:07 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
18.8 keys
16.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
18.6 keys
16.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
18.7 keys
16.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
19.3 keys
16.8 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 04:11 UTC
18.6 keys
16.2 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
18.8 keys
16.3 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
19.3 keys
16.8 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 18:11 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
19.6 keys
17.0 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC
19.0 keys
16.6 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 22:09 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
19.6 keys
17.0 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
Price history in numbers
94 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Violet Vortex Bat Hat's sell price ranged from 18.7 keys to 19.6 keys and is up 3.4% after 25 moves. Over a year it ranged from 12.3 keys to 21.7 keys (up 17.4%). Today's 19.5 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 12.3 keys (19 Jan 2026) and the highest 21.7 keys (3 Aug 2026). The price has moved 93 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.
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