Community price on backpack.tf: 37.0–38.0 keys, last changed 2026-07-28 (1mo ago). The live quote above, 33.5 keys, is 10% lower and last moved 2d 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: $119.92 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:25 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 33 keys, 29.11 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 Commando Elite”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
22 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.
Purple Energy Commando Elite sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 22 observations, from 33.6 keys to 33.5 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
33.6 keys
24.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:58 UTC
34.6 keys
24.1 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:36 UTC
33.0 keys
25.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:27 UTC
31.4 keys
24.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:44 UTC
29.9 keys
23.0 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:43 UTC
28.9 keys
22.2 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
27.7 keys
12.6 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
29.8 keys
17.6 keys
29 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
29.8 keys
20.9 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
29.7 keys
25.9 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
30.8 keys
26.8 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
29.3 keys
25.4 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
29.4 keys
25.6 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
30.7 keys
26.7 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 04:46 UTC
32.0 keys
27.8 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
33.2 keys
28.9 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
35.4 keys
30.9 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
34.2 keys
29.8 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
34.2 keys
29.8 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
34.2 keys
29.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
34.0 keys
29.6 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
33.5 keys
29.1 keys
Price history in numbers
22 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Commando Elite's sell price ranged from 33.5 keys to 35.4 keys and is down 5.6% after 5 moves. Over a year it ranged from 27.7 keys to 35.4 keys (down 0.3%). Today's 33.5 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 27.7 keys (15 Mar 2026) and the highest 35.4 keys (10 Aug 2026). The price has moved 20 times since we began recording it — about once every 17 days.