Community price on backpack.tf: 7.50–9.50 keys, last changed 2020-06-07 (6.4y ago). The live quote above, 9.32 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 15d 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $39.20 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:33 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 9 keys, 20.66 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 Climbing Commander”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
97 observations
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Bubbling Climbing Commander sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 97 observations, from 9.37 keys to 8.06 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
9.37 keys
6.01 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:54 UTC
8.95 keys
6.33 keys
2 NOV 2025 · 22:33 UTC
10.7 keys
6.55 keys
22 NOV 2025 · 06:48 UTC
12.1 keys
8.97 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 03:14 UTC
12.5 keys
9.20 keys
6 JAN 2026 · 09:40 UTC
12.0 keys
8.81 keys
4 FEB 2026 · 00:23 UTC
9.41 keys
7.77 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 04:40 UTC
10.3 keys
7.88 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 00:43 UTC
9.09 keys
6.16 keys
25 MAR 2026 · 14:07 UTC
9.61 keys
7.24 keys
19 APR 2026 · 12:31 UTC
9.48 keys
7.41 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC
8.88 keys
1.59 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
9.33 keys
7.31 keys
11 JUN 2026 · 08:33 UTC
8.81 keys
7.23 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
9.09 keys
7.49 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 06:43 UTC
7.92 keys
6.88 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 15:12 UTC
9.46 keys
8.24 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
9.36 keys
8.14 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
9.51 keys
8.27 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
6.59 keys
5.73 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
8.89 keys
7.73 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
8.48 keys
7.38 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
8.76 keys
7.64 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
9.09 keys
7.90 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
8.23 keys
7.15 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
8.32 keys
7.24 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
8.54 keys
7.43 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
8.53 keys
7.41 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
8.55 keys
7.43 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
8.15 keys
7.09 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
8.75 keys
7.61 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 22:10 UTC
8.04 keys
6.99 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
9.32 keys
8.10 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 13:10 UTC
9.45 keys
8.21 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
9.55 keys
8.30 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
9.59 keys
8.34 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
9.61 keys
8.36 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 13:10 UTC
9.64 keys
8.39 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
9.65 keys
8.39 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
8.06 keys
7.01 keys
Price history in numbers
97 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Climbing Commander's sell price ranged from 8.04 keys to 9.66 keys and is down 1.6% after 36 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.59 keys to 13.5 keys (down 27.8%). Today's 8.06 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.59 keys (24 Aug 2026) and the highest 13.5 keys (17 Dec 2025). The price has moved 95 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.