Community price on backpack.tf: 95.0–120 keys, last changed 2024-11-01 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 120 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: $420.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Demonic Impaler effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:29 UTC (6h 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 119 keys, 53.55 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 Mean Captain”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
94 observations
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Demonic Impaler Mean Captain sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 94 observations, from 123 keys to 123 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
123 keys
80.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:29 UTC
118 keys
83.9 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:33 UTC
124 keys
88.2 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 01:19 UTC
126 keys
105 keys
11 FEB 2026 · 14:41 UTC
95.3 keys
78.5 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
97.7 keys
81.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
103 keys
89.9 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
105 keys
91.6 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
113 keys
98.6 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
98.1 keys
85.3 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
113 keys
97.8 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:10 UTC
113 keys
97.9 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
115 keys
100 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
114 keys
99.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
119 keys
104 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
119 keys
103 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
118 keys
102 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
118 keys
103 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
119 keys
103 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
119 keys
104 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
120 keys
105 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
121 keys
105 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
120 keys
105 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
121 keys
106 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
121 keys
106 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
122 keys
106 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
122 keys
106 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
121 keys
105 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
120 keys
104 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 12:09 UTC
120 keys
104 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
121 keys
105 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
121 keys
105 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 05:10 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 13:08 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 13:08 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
Price history in numbers
94 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Demonic Impaler Mean Captain's sell price ranged from 119 keys to 123 keys and is up 2.9% after 48 moves. Over a year it ranged from 70.1 keys to 149 keys (up 9.6%). Today's 123 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 70.1 keys (10 Jul 2026) and the highest 149 keys (19 Dec 2025). The price has moved 93 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.