Community price on backpack.tf: 55.0 keys, last changed 2026-03-30 (5mo ago). The live quote above, 48.0 keys, is 13% lower and last moved 4h 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: $173.79 — the lowest of one listing for the Kill-a-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:29 UTC (4d 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 48 keys, 1.44 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 Close Quarters Cover”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
37 observations
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Kill-a-Watt Close Quarters Cover sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 37 observations, from 46.5 keys to 48.0 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
46.5 keys
38.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:57 UTC
47.5 keys
38.9 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:28 UTC
45.4 keys
40.9 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:26 UTC
43.2 keys
38.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:39 UTC
26.2 keys
26.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:33 UTC
42.2 keys
38.0 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 23:13 UTC
40.0 keys
34.8 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 09:12 UTC
33.0 keys
28.7 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
37.0 keys
32.2 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
37.3 keys
32.4 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
40.5 keys
35.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
43.6 keys
37.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
45.9 keys
39.9 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
50.2 keys
43.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
42.3 keys
36.8 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
45.9 keys
39.9 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
45.9 keys
40.0 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
46.1 keys
40.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
46.1 keys
40.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
46.1 keys
40.1 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
46.3 keys
40.2 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
46.3 keys
40.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:10 UTC
46.4 keys
40.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
46.9 keys
40.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
47.6 keys
41.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
47.8 keys
41.6 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
47.9 keys
41.7 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:11 UTC
47.7 keys
41.5 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
47.7 keys
41.4 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
47.6 keys
41.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
47.2 keys
41.0 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
47.5 keys
41.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 08:10 UTC
48.2 keys
41.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
49.2 keys
42.8 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
49.9 keys
43.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
48.2 keys
41.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
48.0 keys
41.8 keys
Price history in numbers
37 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Kill-a-Watt Close Quarters Cover's sell price ranged from 42.3 keys to 50.2 keys and is down 4.3% after 23 moves. Over a year it ranged from 26.2 keys to 50.2 keys (up 3.2%). Today's 48.0 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 26.2 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 50.2 keys (10 Aug 2026). The price has moved 36 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.