Community price on backpack.tf: 34.0–35.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-09 (27d ago). The live quote above, 35.6 keys, is 5% higher and last moved 1d 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: $98.13 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:43 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 35 keys, 39.77 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 Firearm Protector”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
45 observations
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Purple Energy Firearm Protector sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 45 observations, from 32.9 keys to 35.6 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
32.9 keys
21.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:54 UTC
31.8 keys
22.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:25 UTC
30.4 keys
23.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:23 UTC
28.9 keys
22.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:29 UTC
31.4 keys
24.6 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 02:54 UTC
57.5 keys
41.4 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 03:00 UTC
60.2 keys
42.2 keys
24 DEC 2025 · 05:13 UTC
60.8 keys
15.7 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 22:59 UTC
57.9 keys
12.1 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 20:53 UTC
56.9 keys
15.1 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 15:43 UTC
49.5 keys
11.3 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 03:46 UTC
47.7 keys
11.4 keys
2 FEB 2026 · 14:22 UTC
42.3 keys
8.48 keys
10 FEB 2026 · 22:46 UTC
38.1 keys
8.04 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
42.0 keys
11.6 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
37.2 keys
8.43 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 12:42 UTC
35.6 keys
8.37 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
35.3 keys
11.8 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 18:08 UTC
34.8 keys
10.5 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
37.5 keys
6.49 keys
5 APR 2026 · 16:30 UTC
34.6 keys
12.9 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
34.0 keys
9.09 keys
19 APR 2026 · 20:32 UTC
34.7 keys
12.0 keys
26 APR 2026 · 22:34 UTC
32.4 keys
12.2 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 02:33 UTC
31.9 keys
23.3 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
33.9 keys
26.7 keys
18 MAY 2026 · 10:33 UTC
33.7 keys
27.5 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
33.0 keys
28.0 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
32.8 keys
28.3 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 16:12 UTC
29.7 keys
26.7 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 09:14 UTC
31.9 keys
27.8 keys
20 JUL 2026 · 10:43 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
36.0 keys
31.3 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
38.7 keys
33.7 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
39.4 keys
34.2 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 09:10 UTC
39.5 keys
34.4 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:10 UTC
36.9 keys
32.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
36.4 keys
31.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
35.8 keys
31.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
35.6 keys
31.0 keys
Price history in numbers
45 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Firearm Protector's sell price ranged from 7.16 keys to 39.5 keys and is down 9.5% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.16 keys to 60.8 keys (up 8.5%). Today's 35.6 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.16 keys (23 Aug 2026) and the highest 60.8 keys (24 Dec 2025). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.