Community price on backpack.tf: 105 keys, last changed 2022-08-21 (4.0y ago). The live quote above, 88.4 keys, is 16% lower and last moved 6h 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: $282.77 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:21 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 88 keys, 27.88 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 Cotton Head”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
42 observations
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Purple Energy Cotton Head sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 42 observations, from 108 keys to 88.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
108 keys
88.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:00 UTC
108 keys
88.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:43 UTC
103 keys
92.9 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:30 UTC
98.2 keys
88.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:51 UTC
93.5 keys
84.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:53 UTC
110 keys
99.2 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 07:11 UTC
124 keys
12.3 keys
2 JAN 2026 · 06:48 UTC
117 keys
12.7 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 23:39 UTC
105 keys
28.0 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
105 keys
40.8 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 19:43 UTC
94.8 keys
59.6 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 10:42 UTC
85.0 keys
76.0 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 14:06 UTC
89.5 keys
10.2 keys
29 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
87.3 keys
10.2 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 16:29 UTC
78.4 keys
21.3 keys
13 JUN 2026 · 10:29 UTC
82.3 keys
78.2 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
96.6 keys
84.0 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
48.4 keys
42.1 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
16 JUL 2026 · 14:43 UTC
12.7 keys
11.1 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 21:11 UTC
13.1 keys
11.5 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 23:12 UTC
14.1 keys
12.2 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
36.8 keys
32.0 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
14.0 keys
12.1 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
48.4 keys
42.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
48.5 keys
42.2 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 11:23 UTC
66.9 keys
58.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
75.3 keys
65.5 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
77.1 keys
67.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
78.5 keys
68.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
78.9 keys
68.6 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
81.1 keys
70.5 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
79.6 keys
69.2 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
80.4 keys
70.0 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
80.8 keys
70.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
83.6 keys
72.7 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
83.9 keys
72.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
83.7 keys
72.8 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
83.6 keys
72.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
88.4 keys
76.9 keys
Price history in numbers
42 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Cotton Head's sell price ranged from 14.0 keys to 88.4 keys and is up 528.8% after 19 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.8 keys to 124 keys (down 18.3%). Today's 88.4 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.8 keys (9 Jul 2026) and the highest 124 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 41 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.