Community price on backpack.tf: 8.00–11.0 keys, last changed 2019-08-16 (7.2y ago). The live quote above, 9.52 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 13d 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: $33.58 — the lowest of one listing for the Kill-a-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:42 UTC (11h 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 9 keys, 32.66 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 Hive Minder”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
46 observations
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Kill-a-Watt Hive Minder sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-10: 46 observations, from 12.1 keys to 9.85 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
12.1 keys
6.60 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:52 UTC
11.1 keys
6.60 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:34 UTC
10.6 keys
6.94 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:22 UTC
10.1 keys
6.60 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:43 UTC
11.2 keys
7.27 keys
7 JAN 2026 · 11:37 UTC
17.4 keys
14.5 keys
16 JAN 2026 · 10:11 UTC
16.2 keys
6.72 keys
28 JAN 2026 · 23:43 UTC
16.0 keys
7.19 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:44 UTC
15.3 keys
7.08 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 14:22 UTC
12.8 keys
9.80 keys
27 FEB 2026 · 00:42 UTC
12.5 keys
10.8 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 16:41 UTC
12.3 keys
7.16 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:42 UTC
12.0 keys
6.11 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
11.7 keys
6.11 keys
24 MAR 2026 · 20:07 UTC
12.4 keys
6.52 keys
1 APR 2026 · 22:29 UTC
12.7 keys
6.84 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
12.5 keys
6.79 keys
29 APR 2026 · 04:30 UTC
11.6 keys
6.88 keys
13 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC
12.4 keys
8.55 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
12.3 keys
8.68 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 20:29 UTC
12.2 keys
8.73 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
12.4 keys
8.86 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 02:29 UTC
12.2 keys
8.78 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
10.5 keys
9.12 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
6.26 keys
5.45 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
8.93 keys
7.77 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
9.91 keys
8.64 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 17:11 UTC
9.97 keys
8.69 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 11:10 UTC
10.2 keys
8.79 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
7.03 keys
6.11 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
7.05 keys
6.13 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
8.57 keys
7.45 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
9.36 keys
8.14 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
9.34 keys
8.12 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 10:07 UTC
9.32 keys
8.10 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
9.29 keys
8.08 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
9.32 keys
8.10 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
9.52 keys
8.27 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
9.64 keys
8.38 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
9.85 keys
8.56 keys
Price history in numbers
46 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Kill-a-Watt Hive Minder's sell price ranged from 9.29 keys to 9.85 keys and is up 5.4% after 7 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.26 keys to 17.4 keys (down 2.5%). Today's 9.85 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.26 keys (1 Jul 2026) and the highest 17.4 keys (7 Jan 2026). The price has moved 45 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.