Community price on backpack.tf: 16.0 keys, last changed 2024-06-02 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 12.6 keys, is 21% lower and last moved 12d 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: $44.82 — the lowest of one listing for the Cloud 9 effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:35 UTC (7d 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 12 keys, 38.88 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 Valley Forge”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
121 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.
Cloud 9 Valley Forge sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 121 observations, from 16.3 keys to 13.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.3 keys
13.3 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:23 UTC
14.8 keys
13.3 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:39 UTC
16.9 keys
8.59 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 17:08 UTC
18.3 keys
11.2 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 21:33 UTC
15.7 keys
11.0 keys
18 FEB 2026 · 00:40 UTC
15.3 keys
12.5 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
14.1 keys
11.7 keys
4 APR 2026 · 10:29 UTC
14.8 keys
12.7 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
13.9 keys
6.42 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 20:29 UTC
14.2 keys
7.50 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 06:29 UTC
14.0 keys
7.92 keys
7 JUL 2026 · 09:11 UTC
9.66 keys
8.40 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 22:45 UTC
10.3 keys
8.99 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
11.8 keys
8.42 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
9.73 keys
8.46 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
9.87 keys
8.59 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
9.93 keys
8.64 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
10.0 keys
8.72 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
10.1 keys
8.81 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
10.2 keys
8.91 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
10.2 keys
8.88 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
10.3 keys
8.99 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
10.5 keys
9.10 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
10.7 keys
9.26 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
12.1 keys
10.5 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
12.1 keys
10.5 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
12.2 keys
10.7 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
12.6 keys
10.9 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
12.6 keys
10.9 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
12.7 keys
11.1 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
12.7 keys
11.1 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
12.6 keys
11.0 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
12.7 keys
11.1 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 15:09 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 17:09 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
Price history in numbers
121 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Cloud 9 Valley Forge's sell price ranged from 12.1 keys to 13.3 keys and is up 9.5% after 38 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.66 keys to 19.4 keys (down 10.3%). Today's 13.3 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.66 keys (7 Jul 2026) and the highest 19.4 keys (29 Dec 2025). The price has moved 118 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.