Community price on backpack.tf: 21.0–27.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-20 (3.2y ago). The live quote above, 22.5 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $57.68 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Subatomic 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 22 keys, 31.77 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
96 observations
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Subatomic Universal Translator sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 96 observations, from 27.4 keys to 23.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
27.4 keys
18.3 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:07 UTC
26.2 keys
19.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:18 UTC
25.3 keys
18.5 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 02:57 UTC
22.6 keys
17.3 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 14:50 UTC
22.5 keys
18.5 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
17.2 keys
16.6 keys
2 APR 2026 · 10:30 UTC
17.3 keys
14.0 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
19.1 keys
17.0 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 21:13 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
19.7 keys
17.2 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 08:24 UTC
22.2 keys
19.2 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
22.5 keys
19.5 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
22.5 keys
19.5 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
21.7 keys
18.8 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
21.9 keys
19.1 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
22.0 keys
19.1 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
22.0 keys
19.2 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
22.0 keys
19.1 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
22.2 keys
19.3 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
22.3 keys
19.4 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 06:07 UTC
22.4 keys
19.5 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
22.5 keys
19.6 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
22.5 keys
19.6 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
22.6 keys
19.7 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
22.7 keys
19.8 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 20:10 UTC
22.4 keys
19.5 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
22.9 keys
19.9 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
22.5 keys
19.6 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 22:08 UTC
22.5 keys
19.6 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
23.2 keys
20.1 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
23.2 keys
20.1 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
23.2 keys
20.2 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
23.2 keys
20.2 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
23.2 keys
20.2 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
23.3 keys
20.2 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
23.5 keys
20.4 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
23.5 keys
20.4 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 19:08 UTC
23.5 keys
20.5 keys
Price history in numbers
96 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Subatomic Universal Translator's sell price ranged from 22.0 keys to 23.5 keys and is up 6.9% after 55 moves. Over a year it ranged from 16.0 keys to 25.3 keys (down 5.7%). Today's 23.5 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 16.0 keys (9 Jul 2026) and the highest 27.4 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 95 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.