Community price on backpack.tf: 17.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-19 (3.0y ago). The live quote above, 11.9 keys, is 30% lower and last moved 14h 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: $35.05 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Massed Flies effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:26 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 11 keys, 57.77 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 Deep Cover Operator”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
45 observations
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Massed Flies Deep Cover Operator sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 45 observations, from 16.8 keys to 11.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.8 keys
13.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:09 UTC
16.9 keys
13.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:51 UTC
16.1 keys
14.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:38 UTC
15.3 keys
13.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:01 UTC
14.4 keys
12.9 keys
12 MAY 2026 · 12:30 UTC
14.0 keys
10.2 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 09:14 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
12.9 keys
11.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
11.9 keys
10.4 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
10.2 keys
8.89 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
9.34 keys
8.12 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
10.1 keys
8.76 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
9.25 keys
8.05 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
9.60 keys
8.35 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
9.27 keys
8.06 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
9.76 keys
8.48 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
9.94 keys
8.64 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
10.1 keys
8.74 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
10.2 keys
8.91 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
10.5 keys
9.17 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
10.8 keys
9.39 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.60 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.68 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
11.2 keys
9.75 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
12.0 keys
10.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
11.9 keys
10.3 keys
Price history in numbers
45 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Massed Flies Deep Cover Operator's sell price ranged from 9.25 keys to 12.2 keys and is up 0.2% after 30 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.25 keys to 16.9 keys (down 29.3%). Today's 11.9 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.25 keys (24 Aug 2026) and the highest 16.9 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 44 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.