Community price on backpack.tf: 8.00–13.0 keys, last changed 2026-03-12 (7mo ago). The live quote above, 7.33 keys, is 8% lower and last moved 13d 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: $33.76 — the lowest of one listing for the Cryogenic effect when we looked on 2026-10-07 01:46 UTC (6d 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 7 keys, 21.22 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 Brain-Warming Wear”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
19 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.
Cryogenic Brain-Warming Wear sell price, 2026-03-30 to 2026-10-11: 19 observations, from 12.0 keys to 6.03 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
30 MAR 2026 · 08:26 UTC
12.0 keys
6.65 keys
2 JUL 2026 · 15:12 UTC
7.07 keys
6.15 keys
21 JUL 2026 · 06:43 UTC
7.48 keys
6.50 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
7.13 keys
6.19 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
6.56 keys
5.68 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
6.78 keys
5.90 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
7.13 keys
6.20 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
7.88 keys
6.85 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
7.82 keys
6.80 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
6.38 keys
5.55 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
6.51 keys
5.67 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
6.66 keys
5.80 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
6.99 keys
6.08 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
7.12 keys
6.19 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
7.27 keys
6.32 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
7.33 keys
6.38 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
7.44 keys
6.47 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
7.31 keys
6.36 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
6.03 keys
5.25 keys
Price history in numbers
19 readings since 30 Mar 2026
Over the last 30 days the Cryogenic Brain-Warming Wear's sell price ranged from 6.03 keys to 7.44 keys and is down 9.5% after 7 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.03 keys to 12.0 keys (down 49.6%). Today's 6.03 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.03 keys (11 Oct 2026) and the highest 12.0 keys (30 Mar 2026). The price has moved 18 times since we began recording it — about once every 11 days.