Community price on backpack.tf: 86.0 keys, last changed 2026-03-31 (6mo ago). The live quote above, 84.1 keys, is 2% lower 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: $279.81 — the lowest of one listing for the Icestruck effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:29 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 84 keys, 4.33 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
111 observations
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Icestruck Mean Captain sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 111 observations, from 102 keys to 85.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
102 keys
73.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:27 UTC
93.1 keys
74.5 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
71.3 keys
62.0 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
70.6 keys
61.3 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 17:12 UTC
79.5 keys
69.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
75.9 keys
66.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
76.4 keys
66.4 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
76.4 keys
66.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
77.2 keys
67.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
78.0 keys
67.8 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
77.8 keys
67.6 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
79.3 keys
69.0 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
78.8 keys
68.6 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 16:10 UTC
79.2 keys
68.9 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
79.6 keys
69.2 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
80.3 keys
69.8 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
80.8 keys
70.2 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
81.1 keys
70.5 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 16:07 UTC
81.5 keys
70.8 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
82.4 keys
71.6 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 10:11 UTC
83.1 keys
72.3 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
83.4 keys
72.5 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
84.0 keys
73.1 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 22:10 UTC
84.6 keys
73.5 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
85.6 keys
74.4 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
84.8 keys
73.8 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
84.2 keys
73.2 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 16:09 UTC
84.1 keys
73.1 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
86.8 keys
75.5 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
86.9 keys
75.6 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 11:10 UTC
85.9 keys
74.7 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
87.6 keys
76.2 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
87.5 keys
76.1 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
88.2 keys
76.7 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
88.4 keys
76.9 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
85.5 keys
74.3 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
84.8 keys
73.7 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 07:08 UTC
85.3 keys
74.2 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 15:09 UTC
85.2 keys
74.1 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
85.0 keys
73.9 keys
Price history in numbers
111 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Icestruck Mean Captain's sell price ranged from 79.0 keys to 88.4 keys and is up 6.7% after 68 moves. Over a year it ranged from 70.6 keys to 93.1 keys (down 8.8%). Today's 85.0 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 70.6 keys (9 Jul 2026) and the highest 102 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 109 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.
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