Community price on backpack.tf: 16.0–18.0 keys, last changed 2024-09-25 (2.0y ago). The live quote above, 11.8 keys, is 26% lower and last moved 19d 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: $44.78 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:37 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 11 keys, 50.44 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 Deep Cover Operator”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
36 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.
Bubbling Deep Cover Operator sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-24: 36 observations, from 17.9 keys to 11.8 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
17.9 keys
13.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:09 UTC
18.0 keys
13.1 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:51 UTC
17.2 keys
13.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:38 UTC
16.3 keys
13.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:00 UTC
15.6 keys
12.5 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:01 UTC
16.6 keys
13.2 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 02:45 UTC
12.8 keys
9.86 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 11:36 UTC
12.1 keys
10.1 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 15:33 UTC
11.9 keys
10.2 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
11.7 keys
10.1 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 16:24 UTC
10.9 keys
9.04 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 14:22 UTC
10.6 keys
9.41 keys
19 FEB 2026 · 06:40 UTC
11.2 keys
10.1 keys
26 FEB 2026 · 14:42 UTC
10.4 keys
9.49 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 20:41 UTC
11.8 keys
9.41 keys
9 MAR 2026 · 14:10 UTC
12.4 keys
9.89 keys
2 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
12.6 keys
10.0 keys
14 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
12.5 keys
6.74 keys
23 APR 2026 · 08:31 UTC
11.5 keys
9.54 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 02:31 UTC
11.1 keys
9.39 keys
9 MAY 2026 · 04:32 UTC
11.6 keys
9.98 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 16:32 UTC
11.5 keys
10.0 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
11.5 keys
8.28 keys
2 JUN 2026 · 14:30 UTC
11.6 keys
8.72 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
11.2 keys
7.87 keys
16 JUN 2026 · 20:10 UTC
11.1 keys
9.07 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 23:13 UTC
9.04 keys
7.87 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 17:12 UTC
11.0 keys
9.56 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 12:46 UTC
10.4 keys
9.03 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
10.8 keys
9.39 keys
31 JUL 2026 · 00:44 UTC
10.5 keys
9.18 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 23:12 UTC
9.69 keys
8.45 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
11.5 keys
10.1 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
9.81 keys
8.53 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.5 keys
10.0 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
Price history in numbers
36 readings since 25 Sep 2025
The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 9.04 keys to 16.6 keys (down 27.9%). Today's 11.8 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.04 keys (22 Jun 2026) and the highest 18.0 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 35 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.
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