Community price on backpack.tf: 86.0 keys, last changed 2026-03-31 (5mo ago). The live quote above, 77.3 keys, is 10% 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: $289.66 — the lowest of one listing for the Icestruck effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:26 UTC (4d 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 77 keys, 18.88 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 Mean Captain”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
28 observations
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Icestruck Mean Captain sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 28 observations, from 101 keys to 77.3 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
101 keys
73.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:58 UTC
102 keys
73.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:29 UTC
97.0 keys
77.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:27 UTC
92.3 keys
73.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:39 UTC
87.9 keys
70.3 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:33 UTC
90.1 keys
72.1 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
70.7 keys
61.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
73.4 keys
63.8 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
69.9 keys
60.8 keys
23 JUL 2026 · 06:46 UTC
72.8 keys
63.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
75.4 keys
65.5 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 17:12 UTC
78.8 keys
68.5 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
70.7 keys
61.4 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
75.2 keys
65.4 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
75.3 keys
65.4 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
75.6 keys
65.8 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
75.5 keys
65.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
75.7 keys
65.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
77.3 keys
67.2 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
75.1 keys
65.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
75.7 keys
65.8 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC
76.5 keys
66.5 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
78.2 keys
68.0 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
76.5 keys
66.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
77.6 keys
67.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
77.3 keys
67.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
78.0 keys
67.8 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
77.3 keys
67.2 keys
Price history in numbers
28 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Icestruck Mean Captain's sell price ranged from 70.7 keys to 78.2 keys and is up 9.4% after 15 moves. Over a year it ranged from 69.9 keys to 102 keys (down 23.2%). Today's 77.3 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 69.9 keys (9 Jul 2026) and the highest 102 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 27 times since we began recording it — about once every 13 days.