Community price on backpack.tf: 190–210 keys, last changed 2025-01-02 (1.8y ago). The live quote above, 163 keys, is 14% 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: $460.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Nightmarish Storm 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 163 keys, 16.55 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
70 observations
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Nightmarish Storm Mean Captain sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 70 observations, from 218 keys to 173 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
218 keys
162 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:29 UTC
208 keys
170 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:39 UTC
188 keys
154 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:33 UTC
184 keys
150 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:42 UTC
187 keys
150 keys
24 MAR 2026 · 18:08 UTC
183 keys
111 keys
16 MAY 2026 · 16:32 UTC
181 keys
144 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:33 UTC
203 keys
20.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
141 keys
122 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
23.4 keys
20.3 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
23.7 keys
20.6 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 20:11 UTC
23.7 keys
20.6 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
23.8 keys
20.7 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
24.1 keys
21.0 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
24.1 keys
21.0 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
24.2 keys
21.0 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 00:07 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
24.8 keys
21.6 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 12:11 UTC
24.8 keys
21.6 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
25.0 keys
21.8 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 14:10 UTC
25.1 keys
21.8 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 14:11 UTC
25.1 keys
21.9 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
25.4 keys
22.1 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
25.5 keys
22.2 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
169 keys
147 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
166 keys
145 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 14:08 UTC
163 keys
142 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 04:09 UTC
167 keys
145 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 13:10 UTC
168 keys
146 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 13:14 UTC
170 keys
148 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
170 keys
148 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
170 keys
148 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 05:10 UTC
171 keys
149 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
172 keys
150 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
171 keys
149 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
172 keys
150 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
172 keys
149 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 19:08 UTC
173 keys
150 keys
Price history in numbers
70 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nightmarish Storm Mean Captain's sell price ranged from 23.6 keys to 173 keys and is up 626.1% after 47 moves. Over a year it ranged from 23.4 keys to 203 keys (down 12.5%). Today's 173 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 23.4 keys (6 Sep 2026) and the highest 218 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 69 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.