Community price on backpack.tf: 15.0–16.0 keys, last changed 2026-01-13 (8mo ago). The live quote above, 12.4 keys, is 18% lower and last moved 1d 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: $36.66 — the lowest of one listing for the Terror-Watt 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 12 keys, 22.33 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
57 observations
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Terror-Watt Bat Hat sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 57 observations, from 16.4 keys to 12.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.4 keys
13.4 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:25 UTC
16.4 keys
13.4 keys
12 OCT 2025 · 21:36 UTC
14.5 keys
11.0 keys
18 OCT 2025 · 06:39 UTC
12.7 keys
12.7 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 16:46 UTC
15.1 keys
12.9 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:51 UTC
16.2 keys
14.4 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 02:52 UTC
17.7 keys
15.7 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:51 UTC
18.7 keys
11.5 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:13 UTC
16.9 keys
10.8 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:45 UTC
16.0 keys
13.1 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
15.2 keys
13.1 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 20:43 UTC
15.3 keys
13.5 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:43 UTC
15.2 keys
10.3 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
14.1 keys
12.1 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
14.5 keys
11.2 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
13.3 keys
9.51 keys
22 APR 2026 · 04:31 UTC
13.5 keys
9.11 keys
30 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
12.4 keys
7.58 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 16:33 UTC
12.9 keys
10.0 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:35 UTC
12.8 keys
9.82 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
14.0 keys
10.8 keys
10 JUN 2026 · 20:32 UTC
13.8 keys
11.2 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 17:15 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 05:13 UTC
10.5 keys
9.13 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
11.9 keys
10.3 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
11.9 keys
10.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
12.4 keys
10.7 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
Price history in numbers
57 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Terror-Watt Bat Hat's sell price ranged from 11.8 keys to 16.4 keys and is down 24.7% after 17 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.5 keys to 18.7 keys (down 24.6%). Today's 12.4 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.5 keys (29 Jun 2026) and the highest 18.7 keys (15 Dec 2025). The price has moved 56 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.
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