Community price on backpack.tf: 18.0 keys, last changed 2024-05-13 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 11.0 keys, is 39% 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: $83.78 — the lowest of one listing for the Galactic Codex effect when we looked on 2026-10-08 01:24 UTC (5d 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 10 keys, 60.66 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 Phononaut”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
53 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.
Galactic Codex Phononaut sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-10: 53 observations, from 18.4 keys to 14.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
18.4 keys
15.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:25 UTC
18.4 keys
15.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:54 UTC
16.8 keys
15.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:17 UTC
16.0 keys
14.4 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:18 UTC
18.5 keys
16.7 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 23:10 UTC
18.5 keys
13.3 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 20:52 UTC
18.0 keys
10.4 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 18:49 UTC
17.7 keys
11.0 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 21:21 UTC
15.6 keys
10.7 keys
13 FEB 2026 · 00:41 UTC
14.7 keys
10.9 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 20:40 UTC
15.8 keys
11.8 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 14:44 UTC
14.7 keys
9.84 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:42 UTC
14.6 keys
9.96 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
14.4 keys
9.48 keys
3 APR 2026 · 06:31 UTC
15.8 keys
9.54 keys
16 APR 2026 · 12:30 UTC
15.2 keys
10.4 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 20:31 UTC
15.8 keys
11.6 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
15.5 keys
12.1 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 02:11 UTC
16.0 keys
11.9 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 11:12 UTC
14.0 keys
12.1 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 11:12 UTC
12.4 keys
10.7 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
14.2 keys
12.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
14.2 keys
12.3 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
13.8 keys
12.0 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
10.3 keys
8.94 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
10.9 keys
9.44 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
13.9 keys
12.0 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 20:08 UTC
11.0 keys
9.53 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 09:08 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
Price history in numbers
53 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Galactic Codex Phononaut's sell price ranged from 10.3 keys to 14.4 keys and is up 39.7% after 12 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.3 keys to 18.5 keys (down 14.4%). Today's 14.4 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.3 keys (24 Sep 2026) and the highest 18.5 keys (10 Nov 2025). The price has moved 52 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.