Community price on backpack.tf: 20.0–22.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-06 (3.2y ago). The live quote above, 15.6 keys, is 22% lower and last moved 12d 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: $48.04 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Purple Confetti effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:36 UTC (6h 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 15 keys, 37.33 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 Cotton Head”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
52 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.
Purple Confetti Cotton Head sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 52 observations, from 23.4 keys to 13.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.4 keys
16.6 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:00 UTC
22.3 keys
16.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:30 UTC
20.3 keys
16.6 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:51 UTC
19.3 keys
15.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:53 UTC
20.6 keys
16.8 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:54 UTC
20.1 keys
15.4 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 18:47 UTC
20.7 keys
14.8 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:08 UTC
20.9 keys
15.8 keys
1 JAN 2026 · 02:51 UTC
17.3 keys
13.7 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:42 UTC
15.9 keys
9.44 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
15.5 keys
8.95 keys
23 MAR 2026 · 12:06 UTC
16.4 keys
9.99 keys
16 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
15.8 keys
10.1 keys
23 APR 2026 · 18:30 UTC
15.3 keys
9.98 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 00:32 UTC
15.0 keys
10.6 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
15.9 keys
13.2 keys
23 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
15.8 keys
13.2 keys
2 JUN 2026 · 14:30 UTC
16.0 keys
10.3 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
15.6 keys
10.2 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 19:14 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 13:11 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
12.7 keys
11.0 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 06:24 UTC
14.0 keys
12.3 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 11:12 UTC
13.0 keys
11.4 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
14.0 keys
12.1 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.5 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 08:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
13.0 keys
11.4 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 15:08 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 19:08 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
Price history in numbers
52 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Confetti Cotton Head's sell price ranged from 13.0 keys to 15.6 keys and is down 6.1% after 17 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.4 keys to 20.9 keys (down 35.4%). Today's 13.1 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.4 keys (15 Jul 2026) and the highest 23.4 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 51 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.