Community price on backpack.tf: 61.0 keys, last changed 2026-01-29 (7mo ago). The live quote above, 60.2 keys, is 1% lower and last moved 11h 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: $196.85 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:28 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 60 keys, 13.22 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 Burning Bandana”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 observations
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Purple Energy Burning Bandana sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 44 observations, from 36.2 keys to 60.2 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
36.2 keys
29.6 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:52 UTC
37.2 keys
30.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:34 UTC
35.5 keys
32.0 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:21 UTC
33.8 keys
30.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:42 UTC
32.2 keys
29.0 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:39 UTC
51.4 keys
37.0 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:40 UTC
55.2 keys
39.9 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:53 UTC
57.5 keys
41.8 keys
1 JAN 2026 · 08:47 UTC
53.0 keys
41.9 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 23:37 UTC
48.7 keys
39.0 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 17:18 UTC
54.1 keys
38.5 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
55.5 keys
48.3 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 05:12 UTC
57.4 keys
49.9 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 09:11 UTC
54.4 keys
47.3 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
54.6 keys
47.5 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
60.5 keys
52.6 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
62.7 keys
54.5 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
63.8 keys
55.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
45.1 keys
39.2 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
48.6 keys
42.3 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
48.5 keys
42.1 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
49.2 keys
42.7 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
45.1 keys
39.2 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
49.9 keys
43.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
50.1 keys
43.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
50.1 keys
43.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
50.1 keys
43.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
50.2 keys
43.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
50.2 keys
43.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
50.1 keys
43.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
50.3 keys
43.7 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
50.5 keys
44.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
52.0 keys
45.2 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
60.5 keys
52.6 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
60.7 keys
52.8 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
60.1 keys
52.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
60.1 keys
52.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
62.1 keys
54.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
60.5 keys
52.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
60.2 keys
52.4 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Burning Bandana's sell price ranged from 45.1 keys to 63.8 keys and is down 5.6% after 24 moves. Over a year it ranged from 32.2 keys to 63.8 keys (up 66.5%). Today's 60.2 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 32.2 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 63.8 keys (10 Aug 2026). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.