Community price on backpack.tf: 16.0 keys, last changed 2022-08-27 (4.1y ago). The live quote above, 12.4 keys, is 22% 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: $56.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Terror-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:33 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 12 keys, 25.44 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 Ol' Geezer”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
117 observations
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Terror-Watt Ol' Geezer sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 117 observations, from 16.4 keys to 14.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.4 keys
13.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:00 UTC
14.9 keys
13.4 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:34 UTC
16.3 keys
8.74 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:47 UTC
17.8 keys
9.75 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:49 UTC
17.8 keys
10.4 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
16.2 keys
10.5 keys
9 FEB 2026 · 00:41 UTC
15.0 keys
10.3 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 02:42 UTC
15.0 keys
10.5 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
16.1 keys
9.98 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
15.3 keys
10.4 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
15.9 keys
11.2 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 10:30 UTC
15.7 keys
11.6 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
16.0 keys
14.0 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
16.0 keys
14.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
16.0 keys
14.0 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
16.3 keys
14.1 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
12.6 keys
10.9 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 11:10 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
12.6 keys
11.0 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 15:08 UTC
14.2 keys
12.4 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 03:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.8 keys
Price history in numbers
117 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Terror-Watt Ol' Geezer's sell price ranged from 11.8 keys to 16.3 keys and is down 7.2% after 41 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.8 keys to 18.0 keys (down 1.0%). Today's 14.8 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.8 keys (22 Sep 2026) and the highest 18.0 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 115 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.