This price has not changed since 2026-04-15 14:32 UTC. It reflects the last observed trade rather than current market value, and this page is excluded from our sitemap for that reason.
Community price on backpack.tf: 430–460 keys, last changed 2026-09-23 (19d ago). The live quote above, 475 keys, is 10% higher and last moved 6mo 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: $1201.82 — the lowest of one listing for the Scorching Flames effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:29 UTC (7h 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 475 keys 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
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
| Observed (UTC) | Sell | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC | 597 keys | 392 keys |
| 30 SEP 2025 · 22:58 UTC | 596 keys | 391 keys |
| 9 OCT 2025 · 10:29 UTC | 570 keys | 411 keys |
| 19 OCT 2025 · 22:27 UTC | 542 keys | 391 keys |
| 25 OCT 2025 · 18:39 UTC | 516 keys | 372 keys |
| 10 NOV 2025 · 02:33 UTC | 542 keys | 391 keys |
| 15 APR 2026 · 14:32 UTC | 475 keys | 210 keys |
| 12 OCT 2026 · 17:08 UTC | 397 keys | 345 keys |
Price history in numbers
8 readings since 25 Sep 2025The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 397 keys to 542 keys (down 26.8%). Today's 397 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 397 keys (12 Oct 2026) and the highest 597 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 7 times since we began recording it — about once every 55 days.
| Window | Low | High | Change | Moves | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a year | 397 keys | 542 keys | −26.8% | 4 | 5 |
Details
| SKU | 31385;5;u14 |
|---|---|
| Last price change | 2026-04-15 14:32 UTC |
| Key rate when recorded | 64.33 ref |
Same effect, other items
the effect across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2,796 keys | 3mo ago | |
| 2,650 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 2,500 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 2,350 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 2,250 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 2,250 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 2,085 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 2,050 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 1,900 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 1,700 keys | 11mo ago |
Other effects on the Mean Captain
same item, different effect| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 325 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 230 keys | 13d ago | |
| 215 keys | 12d ago | |
| 201 keys | 6mo ago | |
| 207 keys | 12d ago | |
| 200 keys | 14d ago | |
| 186 keys | 24d ago | |
| 181 keys | 12d ago | |
| 165 keys | 12d ago | |
| 158 keys | 15d ago |
Priced similarly
across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 475 keys | 5mo ago | |
| 475 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 475 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 475 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 475 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 475 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 475 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 475 keys | 11mo ago |