Community price on backpack.tf: 35.0–45.0 keys, last changed 2025-06-20 (1.2y ago). The live quote above, 33.0 keys, is 6% lower and last moved 1d 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: $117.29 — the lowest of one listing for the Distant Drift effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:44 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 33 keys, 1.66 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 Commonwealth Commando”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
39 observations
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Distant Drift Commonwealth Commando sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 39 observations, from 46.2 keys to 33.0 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
46.2 keys
29.4 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 23:02 UTC
47.2 keys
30.2 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:32 UTC
45.1 keys
31.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:31 UTC
42.9 keys
30.2 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:43 UTC
40.8 keys
28.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:38 UTC
43.2 keys
30.4 keys
21 NOV 2025 · 02:44 UTC
41.6 keys
14.8 keys
24 NOV 2025 · 16:48 UTC
44.6 keys
15.5 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 03:07 UTC
41.2 keys
15.8 keys
16 DEC 2025 · 17:00 UTC
38.7 keys
12.4 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 11:22 UTC
39.1 keys
12.9 keys
2 JAN 2026 · 00:53 UTC
33.9 keys
12.1 keys
24 JAN 2026 · 07:45 UTC
34.7 keys
12.5 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 10:40 UTC
32.6 keys
17.0 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:42 UTC
32.6 keys
14.7 keys
16 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
34.8 keys
29.3 keys
24 APR 2026 · 12:32 UTC
34.2 keys
29.0 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 04:33 UTC
33.7 keys
28.9 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
35.8 keys
31.4 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC
35.6 keys
31.7 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
35.4 keys
32.0 keys
29 MAY 2026 · 14:30 UTC
35.0 keys
32.0 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
39.0 keys
33.9 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
34.0 keys
29.6 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
32.5 keys
28.3 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
32.9 keys
28.6 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
34.5 keys
30.0 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
36.2 keys
31.4 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 12:24 UTC
37.5 keys
32.6 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 07:11 UTC
36.5 keys
31.7 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
30.5 keys
26.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
32.2 keys
28.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
32.8 keys
28.5 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
33.2 keys
28.9 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
33.3 keys
29.0 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
33.7 keys
29.3 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
34.0 keys
29.5 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
33.6 keys
29.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
33.0 keys
28.7 keys
Price history in numbers
39 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Distant Drift Commonwealth Commando's sell price ranged from 30.5 keys to 36.5 keys and is down 9.4% after 9 moves. Over a year it ranged from 30.5 keys to 47.2 keys (down 28.5%). Today's 33.0 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 30.5 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 47.2 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 38 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.