Community price on backpack.tf: 12.0–13.0 keys, last changed 2017-12-28 (8.8y ago). The live quote above, 16.9 keys, is 41% higher and last moved 14d 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: $60.78 — the lowest of one listing for the Aces High effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:40 UTC (2d 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 16 keys, 55.22 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 Chieftain's Challenge”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
46 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.
Aces High Chieftain's Challenge sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-09: 46 observations, from 13.0 keys to 17.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
13.0 keys
9.75 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:58 UTC
14.0 keys
9.79 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:40 UTC
13.4 keys
10.3 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:27 UTC
12.7 keys
9.79 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:50 UTC
11.9 keys
9.20 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 14:43 UTC
18.6 keys
11.0 keys
9 MAR 2026 · 14:10 UTC
18.4 keys
10.9 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 16:08 UTC
18.1 keys
10.8 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 16:06 UTC
19.5 keys
8.89 keys
2 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
20.0 keys
10.00 keys
22 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
18.6 keys
9.56 keys
4 MAY 2026 · 02:31 UTC
18.3 keys
9.47 keys
13 MAY 2026 · 16:33 UTC
19.5 keys
10.1 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
19.4 keys
10.2 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
19.3 keys
10.2 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 02:29 UTC
19.5 keys
9.30 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 18:32 UTC
18.8 keys
9.22 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 12:10 UTC
20.4 keys
9.75 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
12.4 keys
10.7 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 16:07 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
13.4 keys
11.7 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 02:07 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 00:11 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 17:09 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
18.2 keys
15.9 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 17:10 UTC
17.7 keys
15.3 keys
Price history in numbers
46 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Aces High Chieftain's Challenge's sell price ranged from 14.9 keys to 18.2 keys and is up 18.5% after 10 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.7 keys to 20.4 keys (up 38.9%). Today's 17.7 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.7 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 20.4 keys (22 Jun 2026). The price has moved 45 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.