Community price on backpack.tf: 33.0 keys, last changed 2020-08-22 (6.1y ago). The live quote above, 78.1 keys, is 137% higher and last moved 14d 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: $284.19 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-07 01:34 UTC (6d 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 78 keys, 4.44 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 Team Captain”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 observations
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Bubbling Team Captain sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-11: 44 observations, from 33.1 keys to 81.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
33.1 keys
27.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:28 UTC
34.0 keys
27.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:11 UTC
32.5 keys
29.2 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:58 UTC
30.9 keys
27.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:16 UTC
29.4 keys
26.5 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 08:47 UTC
85.6 keys
72.5 keys
10 DEC 2025 · 10:43 UTC
86.9 keys
73.7 keys
16 DEC 2025 · 00:38 UTC
88.3 keys
74.8 keys
25 DEC 2025 · 01:03 UTC
83.5 keys
67.0 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 22:46 UTC
86.9 keys
65.5 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:50 UTC
85.4 keys
64.5 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:32 UTC
73.1 keys
65.2 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
73.1 keys
66.9 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 16:23 UTC
69.8 keys
63.9 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 14:21 UTC
74.4 keys
67.0 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 04:41 UTC
68.6 keys
60.0 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
72.8 keys
63.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
81.7 keys
71.1 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 05:13 UTC
85.6 keys
74.5 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
82.7 keys
71.9 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
85.9 keys
74.7 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
91.6 keys
79.7 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
96.5 keys
83.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
101 keys
87.8 keys
9 AUG 2026 · 15:11 UTC
102 keys
89.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
57.9 keys
50.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
58.4 keys
50.8 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
76.0 keys
66.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
76.4 keys
66.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
77.9 keys
67.7 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
75.6 keys
65.8 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
77.0 keys
67.0 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
77.7 keys
67.5 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
78.0 keys
67.8 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 16:10 UTC
78.1 keys
67.9 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
78.9 keys
68.6 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
80.8 keys
70.3 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
81.1 keys
70.5 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
80.7 keys
70.2 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
81.1 keys
70.5 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Team Captain's sell price ranged from 77.0 keys to 81.1 keys and is up 5.3% after 9 moves. Over a year it ranged from 21.2 keys to 102 keys (up 162.2%). Today's 81.1 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 21.2 keys (19 Aug 2026) and the highest 102 keys (9 Aug 2026). The price has moved 42 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.
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