Community price on backpack.tf: 19.0 keys, last changed 2024-02-28 (2.5y ago). The live quote above, 14.1 keys, is 26% lower and last moved 2d 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: $74.98 — the lowest of one listing for the Ethereal Essence effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:37 UTC (3d 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 14 keys, 6.44 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 Bat Hat”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
50 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.
Ethereal Essence Bat Hat sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-03: 50 observations, from 20.2 keys to 14.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
20.2 keys
16.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:25 UTC
20.1 keys
16.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:52 UTC
18.3 keys
16.5 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:11 UTC
17.4 keys
15.7 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:05 UTC
18.4 keys
16.6 keys
20 NOV 2025 · 22:43 UTC
16.7 keys
13.8 keys
10 DEC 2025 · 00:53 UTC
19.5 keys
13.4 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:13 UTC
19.7 keys
15.3 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
18.2 keys
15.4 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:57 UTC
18.9 keys
15.4 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 23:27 UTC
16.6 keys
15.1 keys
27 JAN 2026 · 11:43 UTC
17.3 keys
15.6 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:45 UTC
16.5 keys
15.2 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
16.2 keys
14.5 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:42 UTC
15.4 keys
14.7 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 02:43 UTC
15.3 keys
12.9 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
14.3 keys
9.94 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
14.1 keys
10.5 keys
2 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
16.0 keys
12.6 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
15.8 keys
12.4 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
16.1 keys
13.1 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
15.2 keys
12.9 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
15.6 keys
11.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
15.6 keys
9.42 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
14.7 keys
10.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
14.8 keys
11.2 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 15:12 UTC
10.0 keys
8.72 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 05:11 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
28 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
9.80 keys
8.47 keys
6 AUG 2026 · 13:13 UTC
15.0 keys
13.2 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 09:10 UTC
15.1 keys
13.2 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
14.0 keys
12.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
14.0 keys
12.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
14.2 keys
12.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
Price history in numbers
50 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Ethereal Essence Bat Hat's sell price ranged from 11.9 keys to 16.8 keys and is down 6.7% after 9 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.80 keys to 20.2 keys (down 30.0%). Today's 14.1 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.80 keys (28 Jul 2026) and the highest 20.2 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 49 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.