Community price on backpack.tf: 47.0–67.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-18 (3.1y ago). The live quote above, 35.7 keys, is 24% lower 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: $162.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:23 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 35 keys, 45.88 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 Frenchman's Beret”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
51 observations
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Purple Energy Frenchman's Beret sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 51 observations, from 69.8 keys to 35.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
69.8 keys
39.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:21 UTC
69.7 keys
39.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:50 UTC
63.4 keys
39.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:09 UTC
60.4 keys
37.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:10 UTC
63.8 keys
39.7 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 18:37 UTC
71.9 keys
65.8 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:44 UTC
73.0 keys
69.5 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 06:38 UTC
86.7 keys
48.4 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 02:49 UTC
84.5 keys
73.2 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 23:42 UTC
75.4 keys
56.3 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 11:42 UTC
71.9 keys
58.6 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
70.2 keys
62.1 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 18:39 UTC
75.4 keys
59.1 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 16:41 UTC
70.2 keys
35.6 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:41 UTC
69.4 keys
37.4 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
68.6 keys
23.1 keys
2 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
74.5 keys
33.6 keys
12 APR 2026 · 14:29 UTC
73.4 keys
50.1 keys
19 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
74.8 keys
52.7 keys
29 APR 2026 · 02:29 UTC
71.0 keys
52.8 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
73.4 keys
35.6 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
72.9 keys
52.6 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 04:29 UTC
72.7 keys
56.2 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 08:30 UTC
73.6 keys
53.2 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 08:30 UTC
72.0 keys
53.8 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 10:09 UTC
72.6 keys
36.8 keys
2 JUL 2026 · 11:13 UTC
68.6 keys
59.6 keys
17 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
62.9 keys
54.7 keys
24 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
67.9 keys
59.0 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
70.4 keys
61.2 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 06:24 UTC
72.8 keys
63.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
12.8 keys
11.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
12.8 keys
11.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
35.7 keys
31.1 keys
Price history in numbers
51 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Frenchman's Beret's sell price ranged from 11.8 keys to 73.2 keys and is down 51.2% after 11 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.8 keys to 86.7 keys (down 48.8%). Today's 35.7 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.8 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 86.7 keys (15 Dec 2025). The price has moved 49 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.