Community price on backpack.tf: 27.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-31 (3.1y ago). The live quote above, 18.7 keys, is 31% 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: $48.30 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:40 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 18 keys, 44.77 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 Galvanized Gibus”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
95 observations
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Bubbling Galvanized Gibus sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-09: 95 observations, from 27.9 keys to 19.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
27.9 keys
22.9 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:27 UTC
26.7 keys
24.0 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:35 UTC
25.6 keys
23.0 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 00:50 UTC
20.5 keys
14.4 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 20:48 UTC
20.2 keys
16.0 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 21:33 UTC
21.6 keys
13.5 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 10:22 UTC
17.5 keys
14.4 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 02:41 UTC
16.7 keys
14.0 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
16.2 keys
11.1 keys
11 APR 2026 · 10:29 UTC
17.2 keys
14.4 keys
30 APR 2026 · 02:29 UTC
17.0 keys
14.7 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 14:45 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
17.2 keys
15.0 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.4 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
20.0 keys
17.4 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
20.0 keys
17.4 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
20.1 keys
17.4 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
20.2 keys
17.5 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
20.0 keys
17.4 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
15.6 keys
13.5 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
19.0 keys
16.6 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 02:08 UTC
19.2 keys
16.6 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC
21.0 keys
16.4 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
19.3 keys
16.8 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
17.9 keys
15.5 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 05:10 UTC
18.3 keys
15.9 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
18.6 keys
16.2 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
20.7 keys
18.0 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
20.6 keys
17.9 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 13:10 UTC
20.8 keys
18.1 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 17:10 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
Price history in numbers
95 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Galvanized Gibus's sell price ranged from 15.1 keys to 21.0 keys and is down 5.2% after 36 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.8 keys to 25.6 keys (down 24.7%). Today's 19.1 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.8 keys (23 Jun 2026) and the highest 27.9 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 93 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.