Community price on backpack.tf: 19.0–20.0 keys, last changed 2021-05-01 (5.5y ago). The live quote above, 23.8 keys, is 25% higher and last moved 17d 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: $353.69 — the lowest of one listing for the Kill-a-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:32 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 23 keys, 50.77 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 Coldsnap Cap”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
71 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.
Kill-a-Watt Coldsnap Cap sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 71 observations, from 19.9 keys to 24.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
19.9 keys
16.3 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:01 UTC
19.0 keys
17.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:12 UTC
17.2 keys
15.5 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:13 UTC
18.2 keys
16.4 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 18:47 UTC
25.4 keys
11.6 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 16:49 UTC
25.8 keys
14.6 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:09 UTC
24.4 keys
12.5 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:54 UTC
23.2 keys
16.3 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 07:37 UTC
21.2 keys
16.3 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
19.4 keys
17.6 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 20:40 UTC
19.9 keys
17.8 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
18.1 keys
16.2 keys
17 MAR 2026 · 10:07 UTC
19.5 keys
17.4 keys
2 APR 2026 · 08:30 UTC
22.6 keys
17.6 keys
19 APR 2026 · 12:30 UTC
21.7 keys
18.4 keys
29 MAY 2026 · 04:30 UTC
22.9 keys
18.2 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 20:32 UTC
22.4 keys
19.1 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 02:11 UTC
22.3 keys
19.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
11 JUL 2026 · 00:44 UTC
21.3 keys
18.5 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
23.4 keys
20.4 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 15:11 UTC
24.4 keys
21.2 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 05:11 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
20.5 keys
17.8 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
20.0 keys
17.4 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 08:10 UTC
22.0 keys
19.1 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
23.0 keys
20.0 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
23.2 keys
20.2 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
23.5 keys
20.4 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
23.4 keys
20.4 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
23.6 keys
20.5 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
23.5 keys
20.5 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
23.8 keys
20.7 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
24.2 keys
21.0 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
24.4 keys
21.2 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
24.3 keys
21.1 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
24.3 keys
21.1 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 03:10 UTC
24.2 keys
21.0 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 07:08 UTC
24.3 keys
21.1 keys
Price history in numbers
71 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Kill-a-Watt Coldsnap Cap's sell price ranged from 23.0 keys to 24.4 keys and is up 5.3% after 21 moves. Over a year it ranged from 15.6 keys to 26.2 keys (up 34.0%). Today's 24.3 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 15.6 keys (29 Jun 2026) and the highest 26.2 keys (15 Dec 2025). The price has moved 70 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.