Community price on backpack.tf: 93.0 keys, last changed 2025-11-18 (11mo ago). The live quote above, 93.5 keys, is 1% higher 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: $251.71 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:36 UTC (2d 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 93 keys, 30.66 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 Modest Pile of Hat”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
135 observations
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Purple Energy Modest Pile of Hat sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 135 observations, from 115 keys to 97.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
115 keys
63.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:48 UTC
103 keys
63.5 keys
5 DEC 2025 · 00:46 UTC
107 keys
25.1 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 05:04 UTC
109 keys
77.0 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
89.6 keys
67.7 keys
26 FEB 2026 · 08:40 UTC
83.8 keys
69.4 keys
10 APR 2026 · 08:29 UTC
81.1 keys
71.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
84.9 keys
73.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
75.3 keys
65.5 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 11:11 UTC
84.9 keys
73.8 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
85.8 keys
74.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
85.8 keys
74.6 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
86.2 keys
74.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
87.2 keys
75.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
87.9 keys
76.5 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
87.1 keys
75.8 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
86.7 keys
75.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
91.1 keys
79.2 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
89.3 keys
77.7 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
91.2 keys
79.3 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
92.2 keys
80.1 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
92.6 keys
80.5 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
92.8 keys
80.7 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
94.0 keys
81.8 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
95.9 keys
83.4 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 22:10 UTC
96.1 keys
83.6 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
93.8 keys
81.6 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
96.6 keys
84.0 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
95.7 keys
83.2 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
95.0 keys
82.6 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
94.3 keys
82.0 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 10:08 UTC
93.0 keys
80.9 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
97.7 keys
84.9 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
97.7 keys
85.0 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
97.7 keys
85.0 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC
97.6 keys
84.9 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
98.0 keys
85.2 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
98.1 keys
85.3 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 19:08 UTC
97.9 keys
85.1 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 07:08 UTC
97.9 keys
85.2 keys
Price history in numbers
135 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Modest Pile of Hat's sell price ranged from 92.3 keys to 98.1 keys and is up 6.1% after 59 moves. Over a year it ranged from 75.0 keys to 123 keys (down 5.3%). Today's 97.9 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 75.0 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 123 keys (28 Nov 2025). The price has moved 134 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.