Community price on backpack.tf: 18.0–19.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-06 (3.2y ago). The live quote above, 23.2 keys, is 29% higher and last moved 19d 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: $88.17 — 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 23 keys, 10 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 Tyrant's Helm”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
30 observations
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Bubbling Tyrant's Helm sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-23: 30 observations, from 20.1 keys to 23.2 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
20.1 keys
14.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:10 UTC
20.1 keys
14.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 07:54 UTC
19.2 keys
15.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:40 UTC
18.3 keys
14.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 15:58 UTC
17.4 keys
14.1 keys
9 NOV 2025 · 23:58 UTC
18.4 keys
14.9 keys
17 NOV 2025 · 00:31 UTC
32.4 keys
16.7 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:35 UTC
34.8 keys
20.1 keys
9 DEC 2025 · 02:43 UTC
35.3 keys
16.2 keys
16 DEC 2025 · 22:37 UTC
28.7 keys
12.3 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:04 UTC
36.2 keys
23.1 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 18:46 UTC
35.3 keys
18.2 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:49 UTC
27.8 keys
18.2 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:30 UTC
23.7 keys
17.4 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 11:42 UTC
22.6 keys
16.9 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 23:42 UTC
22.3 keys
16.7 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 08:22 UTC
21.3 keys
15.9 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
18.7 keys
16.5 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 08:40 UTC
19.6 keys
17.7 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:40 UTC
18.4 keys
16.5 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:40 UTC
29.7 keys
16.4 keys
9 MAR 2026 · 14:08 UTC
18.1 keys
16.2 keys
16 MAR 2026 · 18:06 UTC
29.0 keys
13.4 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 20:06 UTC
31.2 keys
17.2 keys
1 APR 2026 · 14:29 UTC
31.9 keys
15.5 keys
8 APR 2026 · 22:28 UTC
30.4 keys
15.0 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 18:30 UTC
25.5 keys
15.8 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 20:30 UTC
35.4 keys
11.5 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:10 UTC
23.2 keys
20.1 keys
Price history in numbers
30 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Tyrant's Helm's sell price ranged from 19.1 keys to 23.2 keys and is up 21.4% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 17.4 keys to 36.2 keys (up 26.9%). Today's 23.2 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 17.4 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 36.2 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 29 times since we began recording it — about once every 13 days.