Community price on backpack.tf: 173 keys, last changed 2026-01-10 (8mo ago). The live quote above, 152 keys, is 12% lower and last moved 8d 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: $345.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Orbiting Planets effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:36 UTC (5d 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 152 keys, 11.88 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 Cranial Cowl”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
14 observations
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Orbiting Planets Cranial Cowl sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-29: 14 observations, from 139 keys to 152 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
139 keys
114 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:54 UTC
140 keys
115 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:25 UTC
134 keys
120 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:23 UTC
127 keys
115 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:34 UTC
121 keys
109 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:29 UTC
124 keys
112 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 11:13 UTC
135 keys
117 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 19:12 UTC
141 keys
123 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
129 keys
112 keys
13 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
144 keys
125 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 17:12 UTC
143 keys
125 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
149 keys
130 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
150 keys
130 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
152 keys
132 keys
Price history in numbers
14 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Orbiting Planets Cranial Cowl's sell price ranged from 149 keys to 152 keys and is up 2.1% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 121 keys to 152 keys (up 9.2%). Today's 152 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 121 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 152 keys (29 Aug 2026). The price has moved 13 times since we began recording it — about once every 26 days.
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