Community price on backpack.tf: 23.0 keys, last changed 2023-05-12 (3.3y ago). The live quote above, 21.4 keys, is 7% lower and last moved 7d 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: $84.88 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:54 UTC (2d 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 21 keys, 23.33 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 Festive Cover-Up”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
42 observations
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Purple Energy Festive Cover-Up sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-29: 42 observations, from 23.9 keys to 21.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.9 keys
19.6 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:48 UTC
23.9 keys
19.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:20 UTC
22.9 keys
20.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:16 UTC
21.8 keys
19.6 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:29 UTC
20.7 keys
18.7 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:24 UTC
21.9 keys
19.7 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 06:42 UTC
17.5 keys
14.5 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:52 UTC
18.7 keys
18.0 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 11:01 UTC
24.7 keys
18.7 keys
11 DEC 2025 · 11:02 UTC
25.0 keys
16.4 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 11:21 UTC
25.7 keys
12.1 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 22:59 UTC
25.0 keys
14.3 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:58 UTC
24.6 keys
13.5 keys
14 JAN 2026 · 16:29 UTC
22.2 keys
17.0 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 23:27 UTC
20.7 keys
15.7 keys
19 FEB 2026 · 12:43 UTC
22.2 keys
12.9 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:42 UTC
20.8 keys
6.12 keys
2 MAR 2026 · 12:42 UTC
20.3 keys
8.87 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
20.1 keys
6.28 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
21.2 keys
8.87 keys
2 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
21.7 keys
13.7 keys
12 APR 2026 · 12:31 UTC
21.4 keys
12.4 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
21.8 keys
8.24 keys
25 APR 2026 · 12:31 UTC
20.0 keys
11.2 keys
13 MAY 2026 · 16:35 UTC
21.2 keys
16.7 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC
21.1 keys
16.7 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 20:31 UTC
21.0 keys
16.7 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
21.3 keys
17.0 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
21.0 keys
16.9 keys
17 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC
20.4 keys
6.05 keys
20 JUL 2026 · 02:46 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
20.5 keys
17.8 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
21.3 keys
18.5 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 11:11 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 16:10 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
21.3 keys
18.6 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 20:11 UTC
21.2 keys
18.4 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:10 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
Price history in numbers
42 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Festive Cover-Up's sell price ranged from 21.2 keys to 21.4 keys and is down 0.3% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 17.5 keys to 25.7 keys (down 10.8%). Today's 21.4 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 17.5 keys (19 Nov 2025) and the highest 25.7 keys (23 Dec 2025). The price has moved 41 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.