Community price on backpack.tf: 17.0–24.0 keys, last changed 2019-11-15 (6.8y ago). The live quote above, 11.6 keys, is 32% lower and last moved 21d 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: $51.27 — the lowest of one listing for the Brain Drain effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:32 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 11 keys, 36.55 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 Murderer's Motif”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
24 observations
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Brain Drain Murderer's Motif sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-15: 24 observations, from 23.9 keys to 11.6 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.9 keys
13.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:14 UTC
23.8 keys
13.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:49 UTC
22.8 keys
14.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:42 UTC
21.7 keys
13.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:58 UTC
20.6 keys
13.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:58 UTC
22.0 keys
14.0 keys
27 NOV 2025 · 20:54 UTC
19.7 keys
7.99 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 01:01 UTC
19.7 keys
8.51 keys
10 DEC 2025 · 04:50 UTC
20.0 keys
10.1 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 04:45 UTC
17.2 keys
10.2 keys
24 DEC 2025 · 01:12 UTC
20.5 keys
10.4 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 18:54 UTC
19.6 keys
10.1 keys
15 JAN 2026 · 22:20 UTC
18.2 keys
9.20 keys
23 JAN 2026 · 13:47 UTC
18.0 keys
9.09 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 02:23 UTC
17.2 keys
9.28 keys
8 APR 2026 · 16:31 UTC
17.7 keys
13.7 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 07:14 UTC
10.8 keys
9.42 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 05:13 UTC
10.7 keys
9.27 keys
15 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
13.4 keys
11.7 keys
6 AUG 2026 · 07:12 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
11.6 keys
10.2 keys
15 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
Price history in numbers
24 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Brain Drain Murderer's Motif's sell price ranged from 11.6 keys to 11.6 keys and is down 0.5% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 10.7 keys to 23.9 keys (down 51.5%). Today's 11.6 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.7 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 23.9 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 22 times since we began recording it — about once every 15 days.
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