Community price on backpack.tf: 14.0 keys, last changed 2023-06-11 (3.2y ago). The live quote above, 18.7 keys, is 33% higher and last moved 7h 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: $58.19 — the lowest of one listing for the Terror-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:46 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 18 keys, 41.11 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 Citizen Cane”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
48 observations
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Terror-Watt Citizen Cane sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 48 observations, from 14.4 keys to 18.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
14.4 keys
11.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:28 UTC
15.5 keys
12.7 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:01 UTC
14.8 keys
13.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:13 UTC
13.4 keys
12.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:08 UTC
14.2 keys
12.7 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:42 UTC
21.2 keys
13.5 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:51 UTC
21.9 keys
14.8 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 01:02 UTC
20.8 keys
15.0 keys
16 DEC 2025 · 18:55 UTC
23.4 keys
15.2 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 11:20 UTC
21.7 keys
16.0 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
21.1 keys
15.7 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:57 UTC
20.4 keys
15.6 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:38 UTC
18.7 keys
14.5 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 03:45 UTC
16.6 keys
13.9 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
17.8 keys
13.4 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
15.8 keys
12.8 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 02:43 UTC
16.7 keys
13.9 keys
16 JUN 2026 · 20:11 UTC
19.3 keys
16.2 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
18.9 keys
16.5 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
19.8 keys
17.2 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
21.2 keys
18.4 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 11:12 UTC
22.2 keys
19.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.8 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
18.1 keys
15.7 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
18.6 keys
16.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
18.8 keys
16.4 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
18.7 keys
16.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
18.8 keys
16.3 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
18.7 keys
16.3 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
18.7 keys
16.2 keys
Price history in numbers
48 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Terror-Watt Citizen Cane's sell price ranged from 14.8 keys to 18.9 keys and is up 25.9% after 21 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.4 keys to 23.4 keys (up 29.2%). Today's 18.7 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.4 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 23.4 keys (16 Dec 2025). The price has moved 47 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.