Community price on backpack.tf: 74.0–88.0 keys, last changed 2026-09-03 (2d ago). The live quote above, 8.55 keys, is 88% lower and last moved 29d 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: $240.60 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Frostbite effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:29 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 8 keys, 35.55 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 Birdcage”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
21 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.
Frostbite Birdcage sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-07: 21 observations, from 89.5 keys to 8.55 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
89.5 keys
73.2 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:35 UTC
90.4 keys
74.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:18 UTC
86.4 keys
77.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:05 UTC
82.2 keys
74.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:25 UTC
78.3 keys
70.5 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:26 UTC
83.2 keys
74.9 keys
27 NOV 2025 · 00:49 UTC
93.2 keys
76.9 keys
10 DEC 2025 · 10:44 UTC
99.8 keys
76.2 keys
16 DEC 2025 · 16:43 UTC
101 keys
24.6 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 03:07 UTC
97.3 keys
23.7 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:49 UTC
88.8 keys
62.9 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:51 UTC
78.4 keys
57.9 keys
26 FEB 2026 · 14:41 UTC
74.5 keys
57.5 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 22:41 UTC
77.7 keys
60.0 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
73.2 keys
63.6 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 01:12 UTC
53.0 keys
46.0 keys
4 JUL 2026 · 07:12 UTC
46.2 keys
40.2 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
45.4 keys
39.5 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 00:47 UTC
7.54 keys
6.56 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
7.81 keys
6.80 keys
7 AUG 2026 · 07:14 UTC
8.55 keys
7.44 keys
Price history in numbers
21 readings since 25 Sep 2025
The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 7.54 keys to 101 keys (down 90.4%). Today's 8.55 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.54 keys (22 Jul 2026) and the highest 101 keys (16 Dec 2025). The price has moved 20 times since we began recording it — about once every 16 days.
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