Community price on backpack.tf: 8.50 keys, last changed 2020-07-12 (6.2y ago). The live quote above, 13.3 keys, is 56% higher and last moved 2d 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: $48.87 — the lowest of one listing for the Terror-Watt 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 13 keys, 17.88 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 L'Inspecteur”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
22 observations
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Terror-Watt L'Inspecteur sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 22 observations, from 8.65 keys to 13.3 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
8.65 keys
7.04 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:43 UTC
8.66 keys
7.08 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:26 UTC
8.26 keys
7.42 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:13 UTC
7.87 keys
7.08 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:32 UTC
7.52 keys
6.77 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:34 UTC
7.86 keys
7.06 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 16:32 UTC
12.0 keys
8.54 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 02:29 UTC
11.8 keys
10.0 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:10 UTC
12.0 keys
8.91 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 05:13 UTC
11.1 keys
9.59 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
10.8 keys
9.36 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
10.9 keys
9.48 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
12.4 keys
10.7 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
13.1 keys
11.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
13.4 keys
11.7 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
13.4 keys
11.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
13.4 keys
11.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
13.4 keys
11.6 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
Price history in numbers
22 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Terror-Watt L'Inspecteur's sell price ranged from 13.1 keys to 13.7 keys and is up 1.0% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.52 keys to 13.7 keys (up 53.5%). Today's 13.3 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.52 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 13.7 keys (30 Aug 2026). The price has moved 21 times since we began recording it — about once every 16 days.