Community price on backpack.tf: 7.00 keys, last changed 2026-05-06 (4mo ago). The live quote above, 4.85 keys, is 31% lower and last moved 19d 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: $20.19 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-09-05 01:29 UTC (17h 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 4 keys, 54.88 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 Crimbo Cap”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
3 observations
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Steaming Crimbo Cap sell price, 2026-06-15 to 2026-08-17: 3 observations, from 6.76 keys to 4.85 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
15 JUN 2026 · 14:08 UTC
6.76 keys
6.06 keys
7 AUG 2026 · 07:14 UTC
4.65 keys
4.10 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
4.85 keys
4.28 keys
Price history in numbers
3 readings since 15 Jun 2026
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Crimbo Cap's sell price ranged from 4.65 keys to 4.85 keys and is up 4.5% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 4.65 keys to 6.76 keys (down 28.2%). Today's 4.85 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 4.65 keys (7 Aug 2026) and the highest 6.76 keys (15 Jun 2026). The price has moved 2 times since we began recording it — about once every 31 days.
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