Community price on backpack.tf: 32.0 keys, last changed 2025-06-17 (1.2y ago). The live quote above, 20.5 keys, is 36% lower and last moved 21h 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $98.71 — the lowest of one listing for the Cloud 9 effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:25 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 20 keys, 29.88 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 Greased Lightning”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
48 observations
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Cloud 9 Greased Lightning sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 48 observations, from 32.9 keys to 20.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
32.9 keys
26.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:18 UTC
32.8 keys
26.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:00 UTC
31.4 keys
28.2 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:11 UTC
28.4 keys
25.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:12 UTC
30.2 keys
27.2 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:45 UTC
35.5 keys
19.3 keys
3 DEC 2025 · 10:55 UTC
34.5 keys
28.5 keys
9 DEC 2025 · 06:50 UTC
37.0 keys
20.1 keys
8 JAN 2026 · 21:39 UTC
32.1 keys
24.5 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 15:44 UTC
31.6 keys
24.2 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 16:25 UTC
29.8 keys
22.5 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
29.1 keys
24.3 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 08:40 UTC
31.2 keys
16.8 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
29.1 keys
16.5 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:42 UTC
29.2 keys
24.1 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 20:07 UTC
28.4 keys
22.2 keys
23 MAR 2026 · 00:08 UTC
30.5 keys
24.8 keys
2 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
30.8 keys
26.2 keys
19 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
30.9 keys
26.8 keys
29 APR 2026 · 18:29 UTC
29.2 keys
22.8 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
28.3 keys
24.9 keys
8 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
29.3 keys
26.8 keys
23 MAY 2026 · 02:29 UTC
29.0 keys
25.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
29.4 keys
25.0 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 10:31 UTC
29.0 keys
23.8 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 12:32 UTC
28.7 keys
24.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
27.3 keys
23.8 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
28.6 keys
24.9 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
28.9 keys
25.1 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
30.1 keys
26.2 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
31.6 keys
27.4 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
32.8 keys
28.5 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
20.8 keys
18.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
21.0 keys
18.2 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
19.7 keys
17.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
26.4 keys
22.9 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
23.5 keys
20.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
25.9 keys
22.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
20.5 keys
17.8 keys
Price history in numbers
48 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Cloud 9 Greased Lightning's sell price ranged from 19.7 keys to 28.7 keys and is down 28.6% after 9 moves. Over a year it ranged from 19.7 keys to 37.0 keys (down 37.7%). Today's 20.5 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 19.7 keys (28 Aug 2026) and the highest 37.0 keys (9 Dec 2025). The price has moved 47 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.