Community price on backpack.tf: 1.30–1.45 keys, last changed 2025-09-07 (12mo ago). The live quote above, 1.31 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 4h 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.
2 sold on the Steam Community Market in the 24 hours to 2026-08-28 04:02 UTC (9d ago), listed there as “Strange Ground Control”. That is a different market from the prices above: Steam takes roughly 15% and pays out in Steam wallet funds rather than cash, so its prices sit above what an item realises elsewhere. Volume is unavailable for unusuals — Steam’s name for one leaves out the effect, so every effect shares a single listing.
Price history
111 observations
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Strange Ground Control sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 111 observations, from 104.88 ref to 81.11 ref. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
104.88 ref
74 ref
12 OCT 2025 · 17:01 UTC
94.88 ref
87.55 ref
2 NOV 2025 · 22:32 UTC
76.77 ref
73.66 ref
16 NOV 2025 · 22:37 UTC
82.88 ref
72.66 ref
8 DEC 2025 · 00:50 UTC
83.55 ref
69.55 ref
29 DEC 2025 · 00:52 UTC
80 ref
70.11 ref
22 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
70 ref
69.66 ref
8 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
64.22 ref
62.11 ref
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
75 ref
68 ref
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
67.66 ref
61.77 ref
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
88.44 ref
79.55 ref
3 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
71.66 ref
65.55 ref
24 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
74.33 ref
65.11 ref
15 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
73.77 ref
64.66 ref
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
72.11 ref
67.77 ref
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
76.11 ref
66.55 ref
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
80.22 ref
70.77 ref
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
73 ref
68.88 ref
22 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
71.77 ref
69.88 ref
22 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
72 ref
64.77 ref
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
72 ref
70.66 ref
23 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
67.44 ref
58.44 ref
23 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
72.22 ref
69.44 ref
24 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
72.66 ref
71.88 ref
25 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
73 ref
72 ref
26 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
73 ref
72.11 ref
29 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
81.22 ref
70.66 ref
29 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
72.88 ref
68.33 ref
30 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
82.77 ref
72 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
83.22 ref
72.33 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
82 ref
71.22 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
82.88 ref
71.88 ref
2 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
83 ref
68.33 ref
2 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
83.77 ref
70.77 ref
3 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
84 ref
70.77 ref
3 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
79.44 ref
68.88 ref
4 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
80.66 ref
70 ref
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
82.22 ref
71.55 ref
5 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
77.77 ref
67.33 ref
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
81.11 ref
70.22 ref
Price history in numbers
111 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Strange Ground Control's sell price ranged from 1.09 keys to 1.36 keys and is up 1.1% after 61 moves. Over a year it ranged from 1.04 keys to 1.69 keys (down 22.7%). Today's 1.31 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 1.04 keys (8 Feb 2026) and the highest 1.69 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 105 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.