Community price on backpack.tf: 18.0–22.0 keys, last changed 2022-08-22 (4.1y ago). The live quote above, 15.0 keys, is 17% lower and last moved 13d 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: $102.97 — the lowest of one listing for the Atomic effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:32 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 15 keys, 0.66 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 Universal Translator”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 observations
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Atomic Universal Translator sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-08: 44 observations, from 23.3 keys to 22.6 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.3 keys
14.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:25 UTC
22.2 keys
14.9 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:07 UTC
21.3 keys
15.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:54 UTC
20.2 keys
14.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:17 UTC
19.3 keys
14.2 keys
22 NOV 2025 · 12:40 UTC
18.4 keys
9.00 keys
9 FEB 2026 · 08:40 UTC
21.4 keys
10.00 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 22:40 UTC
22.9 keys
10.8 keys
23 FEB 2026 · 16:41 UTC
20.7 keys
10.3 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 06:42 UTC
18.4 keys
10.1 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 18:08 UTC
18.0 keys
11.2 keys
2 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
20.3 keys
8.63 keys
14 MAY 2026 · 00:32 UTC
21.9 keys
9.17 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 12:32 UTC
21.8 keys
17.3 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
21.7 keys
17.3 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
21.7 keys
18.5 keys
16 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC
22.0 keys
18.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 19:13 UTC
22.2 keys
19.3 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 11:13 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
17 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
11.3 keys
9.87 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
11.3 keys
9.86 keys
6 AUG 2026 · 13:13 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
12.3 keys
10.6 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
17.7 keys
15.4 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
17.2 keys
15.0 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
12.6 keys
10.9 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 07:11 UTC
22.1 keys
19.2 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
22.4 keys
19.5 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
22.1 keys
19.2 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
22.5 keys
19.6 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 03:10 UTC
22.5 keys
19.5 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
22.6 keys
19.6 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Atomic Universal Translator's sell price ranged from 12.6 keys to 22.6 keys and is up 79.4% after 11 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.3 keys to 22.9 keys (up 11.6%). Today's 22.6 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.3 keys (29 Jul 2026) and the highest 23.3 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.