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Purple Energy Detective

✦ Purple EnergyUnusual1mo ago

This price has not changed since 2026-10-01 22:09 UTC. It reflects the last observed trade rather than current market value, and this page is excluded from our sitemap for that reason.

Sell price
85 keys, 59.66 ref
Buy price
74 keys, 46.33 ref
In keys
85.9 keys
In USD
$184.79 at the Steam key rate

Community price on backpack.tf: 50.0–51.0 keys, last changed 2023-09-21 (3.1y ago). The live quote above, 85.9 keys, is 72% higher and last moved 1mo 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.

Price history

140 observations

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Purple Energy Detective sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-30: 140 observations, from 52.9 keys to 33.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)SellBuy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC52.9 keys41.6 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:30 UTC44.9 keys39.6 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:57 UTC80.2 keys75.7 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:58 UTC133 keys88.6 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:46 UTC110 keys81.9 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 14:41 UTC96.4 keys42.6 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 06:43 UTC116 keys73.6 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC96.4 keys32.2 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC100 keys57.2 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC103 keys57.6 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 13:12 UTC70.4 keys61.3 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC70.0 keys60.8 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 17:11 UTC100 keys87.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC63.5 keys55.2 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC65.7 keys57.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC68.1 keys59.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC69.5 keys60.4 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC70.7 keys61.5 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC69.4 keys60.3 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC72.0 keys62.6 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC70.9 keys61.7 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC72.1 keys62.7 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC84.3 keys73.3 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC86.9 keys75.6 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC86.9 keys75.6 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 16:10 UTC86.9 keys75.5 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 14:10 UTC86.9 keys75.5 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC87.6 keys76.2 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC86.7 keys75.4 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC86.4 keys75.1 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 16:09 UTC84.5 keys73.5 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 04:09 UTC86.1 keys74.9 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC88.2 keys76.7 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC88.4 keys76.9 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 15:11 UTC88.2 keys76.7 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC88.1 keys76.6 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC88.2 keys76.7 keys
15 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC89.8 keys78.1 keys
18 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC34.4 keys29.9 keys
30 OCT 2026 · 09:12 UTC33.5 keys31.2 keys

Price history in numbers

140 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Detective's sell price ranged from 33.5 keys to 89.8 keys and is down 61.8% after 23 moves. Over a year it ranged from 22.4 keys to 144 keys (down 29.4%). Today's 33.5 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 22.4 keys (22 Aug 2026) and the highest 144 keys (15 Dec 2025). The price has moved 139 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.

WindowLowHighChangeMovesReadings
30 days33.5 keys89.8 keys−61.8%2324
90 days22.4 keys100 keys−56.3%9798
a year22.4 keys144 keys−29.4%134135

Details

SKU31277;5;u10
Last price change2026-10-01 22:09 UTC
Key rate when recorded62.89 ref

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