Community price on backpack.tf: 23.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-07 (2mo ago). The live quote above, 26.6 keys, is 16% higher and last moved 11d 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: $111.92 — the lowest of one listing for the Terror-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:30 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 26 keys, 36.11 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 Ground Control”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
66 observations
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Terror-Watt Ground Control sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 66 observations, from 25.4 keys to 19.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
25.4 keys
15.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:48 UTC
24.3 keys
15.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:37 UTC
23.1 keys
15.0 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:59 UTC
23.1 keys
14.9 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
26.7 keys
18.2 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
26.4 keys
13.3 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 12:06 UTC
28.0 keys
15.4 keys
4 APR 2026 · 10:30 UTC
26.8 keys
11.7 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
28.5 keys
15.1 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 16:30 UTC
28.3 keys
17.4 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
28.3 keys
17.6 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 18:11 UTC
28.0 keys
17.5 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 03:12 UTC
22.3 keys
19.4 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 16:45 UTC
22.1 keys
19.2 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
25.6 keys
22.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
26.5 keys
23.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
26.5 keys
23.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
26.5 keys
23.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
26.7 keys
23.2 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
26.9 keys
23.4 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
26.9 keys
23.4 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
26.9 keys
23.4 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
27.0 keys
23.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
27.0 keys
23.4 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
26.9 keys
23.4 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
26.6 keys
23.2 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
26.0 keys
22.7 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
26.0 keys
22.7 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
26.3 keys
22.9 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
26.3 keys
22.9 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
26.6 keys
23.1 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 10:08 UTC
26.6 keys
23.1 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 13:12 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 23:08 UTC
19.3 keys
16.8 keys
Price history in numbers
66 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Terror-Watt Ground Control's sell price ranged from 17.3 keys to 26.8 keys and is down 27.6% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 17.3 keys to 29.0 keys (down 16.3%). Today's 19.3 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 17.3 keys (11 Oct 2026) and the highest 29.0 keys (22 Jun 2026). The price has moved 65 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.
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