Community price on backpack.tf: 11.0 keys, last changed 2020-04-24 (6.5y ago). The live quote above, 20.3 keys, is 84% higher 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: $55.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:42 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 20 keys, 15.88 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 Grenadier's Softcap”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
83 observations
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Steaming Grenadier's Softcap sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 83 observations, from 12.2 keys to 23.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
12.2 keys
9.90 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:39 UTC
10.7 keys
9.55 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:47 UTC
9.66 keys
8.72 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 05:13 UTC
6.41 keys
5.60 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 05:13 UTC
6.75 keys
5.87 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
7.45 keys
6.47 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 11:11 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
14.0 keys
12.2 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
14.2 keys
12.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.1 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
17.2 keys
14.9 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
17.1 keys
14.9 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
17.5 keys
15.2 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
17.6 keys
15.3 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
17.9 keys
15.5 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
18.2 keys
15.9 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
18.6 keys
16.1 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 20:10 UTC
18.8 keys
16.3 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
19.6 keys
17.0 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
20.0 keys
17.4 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 04:08 UTC
20.3 keys
17.7 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
20.8 keys
18.0 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 16:58 UTC
21.3 keys
18.5 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
21.7 keys
18.8 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
21.9 keys
19.0 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
22.4 keys
19.5 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
22.6 keys
19.6 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 15:09 UTC
22.8 keys
19.8 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
22.7 keys
19.7 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 01:08 UTC
23.0 keys
20.0 keys
Price history in numbers
83 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Grenadier's Softcap's sell price ranged from 17.1 keys to 23.0 keys and is up 33.8% after 43 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.41 keys to 23.0 keys (up 126.4%). Today's 23.0 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.41 keys (23 Jun 2026) and the highest 23.0 keys (13 Oct 2026). The price has moved 82 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.