Community price on backpack.tf: 16.0–24.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-03 (2.0y ago). The live quote above, 16.5 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $44.36 — the lowest of 4 listings for the Malevolent Monoculi effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:35 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 16 keys, 34 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 Horror Shawl”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
136 observations
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Malevolent Monoculi Horror Shawl sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 136 observations, from 24.6 keys to 9.28 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
24.6 keys
13.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:22 UTC
22.4 keys
13.4 keys
24 NOV 2025 · 22:48 UTC
16.7 keys
14.4 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 20:57 UTC
17.5 keys
16.0 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:46 UTC
18.2 keys
13.9 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 14:42 UTC
17.2 keys
12.9 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 20:08 UTC
14.8 keys
9.53 keys
12 APR 2026 · 18:31 UTC
14.8 keys
9.68 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:34 UTC
13.6 keys
12.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
15.8 keys
10.9 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
13.5 keys
11.8 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
11.8 keys
10.2 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
17.3 keys
15.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
18.1 keys
15.8 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
18.3 keys
15.9 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
18.6 keys
16.1 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 16:10 UTC
18.7 keys
16.2 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
19.0 keys
16.6 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
17.1 keys
14.9 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
17.3 keys
15.1 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
17.8 keys
15.5 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
18.3 keys
15.9 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
18.3 keys
15.9 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
17.2 keys
14.9 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 03:10 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
17.2 keys
14.9 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
17.1 keys
14.9 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 07:08 UTC
9.28 keys
8.07 keys
Price history in numbers
136 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Malevolent Monoculi Horror Shawl's sell price ranged from 9.28 keys to 19.5 keys and is down 51.5% after 50 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.28 keys to 22.4 keys (down 58.5%). Today's 9.28 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.28 keys (12 Oct 2026) and the highest 24.6 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 135 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.