Community price on backpack.tf: 105 keys, last changed 2022-08-21 (4.1y ago). The live quote above, 92.6 keys, is 12% 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: $251.78 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:36 UTC (5h 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 92 keys, 35.88 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
102 observations
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Purple Energy Cotton Head sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 102 observations, from 109 keys to 96.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
109 keys
89.0 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:30 UTC
98.8 keys
88.9 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:53 UTC
111 keys
99.7 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 23:39 UTC
105 keys
28.2 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 07:43 UTC
103 keys
41.4 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 14:06 UTC
90.0 keys
10.3 keys
13 JUN 2026 · 10:29 UTC
82.7 keys
78.7 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
48.7 keys
42.3 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 21:11 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
37.0 keys
32.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
48.8 keys
42.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
75.7 keys
65.8 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
79.7 keys
69.3 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
80.1 keys
69.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
81.2 keys
70.6 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
84.2 keys
73.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
88.9 keys
77.3 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
90.7 keys
78.8 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
89.8 keys
78.1 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
90.9 keys
79.1 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
91.3 keys
79.4 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
91.2 keys
79.3 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
92.3 keys
80.3 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
93.0 keys
80.8 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
94.8 keys
82.4 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 00:07 UTC
94.6 keys
82.3 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
95.0 keys
82.6 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
94.9 keys
82.5 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 10:07 UTC
94.8 keys
82.4 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
94.3 keys
82.0 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 04:08 UTC
94.8 keys
82.5 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 04:08 UTC
94.5 keys
82.1 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 17:09 UTC
96.3 keys
83.8 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC
97.0 keys
84.4 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
96.4 keys
83.8 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
96.1 keys
83.6 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
96.8 keys
84.2 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
97.0 keys
84.4 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 15:08 UTC
97.0 keys
84.4 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 03:08 UTC
96.1 keys
83.6 keys
Price history in numbers
102 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Cotton Head's sell price ranged from 91.2 keys to 97.1 keys and is up 5.4% after 46 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.9 keys to 125 keys (down 2.7%). Today's 96.1 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.9 keys (9 Jul 2026) and the highest 125 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 101 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.
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