Community price on backpack.tf: 15.0 keys, last changed 2016-07-19 (10.2y ago). The live quote above, 8.38 keys, is 44% lower 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: $50.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Kill-a-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:32 UTC (7d 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 8 keys, 23.66 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 Metal Slug”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
175 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.
Kill-a-Watt Metal Slug sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 175 observations, from 16.2 keys to 8.66 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.2 keys
13.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:38 UTC
14.1 keys
12.7 keys
10 FEB 2026 · 12:41 UTC
10.3 keys
7.30 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 10:42 UTC
8.74 keys
6.68 keys
23 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
9.28 keys
6.68 keys
4 JUN 2026 · 10:30 UTC
10.8 keys
6.92 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 19:12 UTC
10.3 keys
8.87 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
8.30 keys
7.22 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
8.52 keys
7.41 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
8.52 keys
7.41 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
8.39 keys
7.29 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
8.55 keys
7.44 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
8.33 keys
7.25 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
9.43 keys
8.20 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
9.69 keys
8.42 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
8.54 keys
7.43 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
8.77 keys
7.63 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
9.66 keys
8.40 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
8.62 keys
7.49 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
8.67 keys
7.54 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
8.86 keys
7.70 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
8.24 keys
7.17 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
8.76 keys
7.62 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
8.82 keys
7.67 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 12:07 UTC
9.06 keys
7.88 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
9.20 keys
8.00 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
8.56 keys
7.44 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
8.60 keys
7.48 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
8.91 keys
7.75 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
8.64 keys
7.51 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
10.0 keys
8.72 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 20:08 UTC
8.22 keys
7.15 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
8.33 keys
7.24 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
8.39 keys
7.30 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
8.54 keys
7.42 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 13:13 UTC
8.63 keys
7.50 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
9.91 keys
8.62 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
8.55 keys
7.43 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
8.52 keys
7.41 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC
8.66 keys
7.53 keys
Price history in numbers
175 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Kill-a-Watt Metal Slug's sell price ranged from 8.11 keys to 10.0 keys and is down 9.3% after 96 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.74 keys to 14.8 keys (down 41.4%). Today's 8.66 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.74 keys (29 Apr 2026) and the highest 16.3 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 173 times since we began recording it — about once every 2 days.