Community price on backpack.tf: 12.0 keys, last changed 2019-01-06 (7.7y ago). The live quote above, 7.79 keys, is 35% lower and last moved 3d 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: $27.37 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Cloud 9 effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:38 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 7 keys, 49.66 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 Brain-Warming Wear”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
61 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 Brain-Warming Wear sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-03: 61 observations, from 12.2 keys to 7.79 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
12.2 keys
9.96 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:18 UTC
11.7 keys
10.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:11 UTC
11.1 keys
10.0 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:31 UTC
11.2 keys
10.0 keys
15 NOV 2025 · 02:45 UTC
8.91 keys
7.37 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 08:57 UTC
8.69 keys
7.53 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 12:50 UTC
9.22 keys
8.00 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 13:10 UTC
9.08 keys
7.57 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 20:53 UTC
8.81 keys
7.48 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 23:40 UTC
8.03 keys
6.96 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
9.48 keys
7.04 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
9.56 keys
6.76 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 14:44 UTC
9.48 keys
7.59 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 20:08 UTC
9.28 keys
7.80 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
10.1 keys
8.98 keys
9 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
9.99 keys
8.94 keys
5 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
9.17 keys
6.45 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
9.72 keys
6.68 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
9.63 keys
7.19 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
9.75 keys
6.99 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
9.01 keys
7.05 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 23:13 UTC
8.55 keys
7.41 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 17:11 UTC
8.37 keys
7.27 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
7.36 keys
6.39 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
9.10 keys
7.84 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 02:24 UTC
9.49 keys
8.27 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
7.13 keys
6.21 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
7.27 keys
6.32 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
7.27 keys
6.32 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
7.46 keys
6.49 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
7.47 keys
6.49 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
7.49 keys
6.51 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
7.49 keys
6.51 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
7.50 keys
6.52 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
7.61 keys
6.62 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
7.80 keys
6.78 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
7.80 keys
6.79 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
9.12 keys
7.93 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
8.96 keys
7.79 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
7.79 keys
6.78 keys
Price history in numbers
61 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Cloud 9 Brain-Warming Wear's sell price ranged from 7.13 keys to 9.34 keys and is down 16.6% after 21 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.13 keys to 12.2 keys (down 36.4%). Today's 7.79 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.13 keys (20 Aug 2026) and the highest 12.2 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 60 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.