Community price on backpack.tf: 190–220 keys, last changed 2025-10-27 (12mo ago). The live quote above, 207 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $439.32 — the lowest of one listing for the Stellar Ascent 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 206 keys, 36 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
116 observations
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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.
Stellar Ascent Mean Captain sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 116 observations, from 205 keys to 212 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
205 keys
160 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:27 UTC
186 keys
160 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 12:42 UTC
216 keys
180 keys
23 JAN 2026 · 13:47 UTC
227 keys
179 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 20:41 UTC
219 keys
177 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
201 keys
150 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
199 keys
157 keys
30 MAY 2026 · 18:29 UTC
189 keys
158 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
186 keys
162 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
203 keys
176 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
212 keys
184 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
211 keys
183 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
211 keys
184 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
211 keys
183 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:10 UTC
210 keys
183 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
208 keys
181 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
205 keys
178 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
205 keys
178 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
204 keys
177 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
208 keys
180 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
206 keys
179 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
207 keys
180 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
207 keys
180 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
205 keys
178 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
208 keys
181 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
210 keys
183 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
211 keys
183 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
212 keys
184 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
213 keys
185 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 06:11 UTC
214 keys
186 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
212 keys
184 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 18:11 UTC
208 keys
181 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 06:09 UTC
209 keys
182 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
213 keys
185 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
214 keys
186 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
214 keys
186 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
214 keys
187 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
215 keys
187 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
214 keys
186 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
212 keys
184 keys
Price history in numbers
116 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Stellar Ascent Mean Captain's sell price ranged from 205 keys to 215 keys and is up 2.6% after 49 moves. Over a year it ranged from 178 keys to 227 keys (up 13.7%). Today's 212 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 178 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 227 keys (23 Jan 2026). The price has moved 115 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.