Strange Nuclear Necessity

Strange2h ago

Sell price

16.44 ref

Buy price

15.55 ref

In keys

16.44 ref

In USD

$0.59 at the Steam key rate

Steam Market sales

4 in 24h at $0.64

Community price on backpack.tf: 15.22–20 ref, last changed 2026-05-01 (4mo ago). The live quote above, 16.44 ref, is inside the community’s range and last moved 2h 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.

4 sold on the Steam Community Market in the 24 hours to 2026-08-27 10:20 UTC (9d ago), listed there as “Strange Nuclear Necessity”. 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

133 observations

Strange Nuclear Necessity sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 133 observations, from 32.11 ref to 16.44 ref. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)	Sell	Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC	32.11 ref	18 ref
19 OCT 2025 · 22:42 UTC	32.11 ref	18 ref
8 DEC 2025 · 00:58 UTC	22.22 ref	14 ref
30 DEC 2025 · 14:57 UTC	17.88 ref	12.11 ref
29 JAN 2026 · 01:46 UTC	25.77 ref	13.55 ref
15 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC	22.22 ref	17.44 ref
8 MAR 2026 · 22:44 UTC	21 ref	15.44 ref
12 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC	26 ref	19.33 ref
3 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC	19.77 ref	15 ref
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC	19.88 ref	18.55 ref
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC	16.77 ref	15.11 ref
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC	16.55 ref	10.88 ref
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC	15.22 ref	13.33 ref
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC	16.44 ref	15.44 ref
22 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC	17.33 ref	15 ref
22 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC	15.88 ref	13.44 ref
23 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC	16 ref	14.44 ref
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC	16 ref	13.66 ref
24 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC	15.44 ref	14.11 ref
25 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC	15.44 ref	15 ref
25 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC	15.44 ref	14 ref
25 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC	15.44 ref	14.33 ref
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC	15.66 ref	14.55 ref
27 AUG 2026 · 20:11 UTC	18.44 ref	15.22 ref
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC	17.33 ref	16.22 ref
28 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC	17.66 ref	16.77 ref
29 AUG 2026 · 08:10 UTC	18.11 ref	17 ref
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC	17.33 ref	15.77 ref
30 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC	16.66 ref	15.77 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC	17 ref	16.11 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC	16.88 ref	15.66 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC	16.77 ref	15.77 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC	16.66 ref	13.88 ref
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC	16.88 ref	15.66 ref
2 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC	17.11 ref	15.22 ref
3 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC	17.11 ref	13 ref
3 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC	16.88 ref	16.11 ref
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC	16.88 ref	16 ref
5 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC	16.88 ref	15.77 ref
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC	16.44 ref	15.55 ref

Price history in numbers

133 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Strange Nuclear Necessity's sell price ranged from 15.22 ref to 18.44 ref and is up 8.0% after 52 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.55 ref to 32.11 ref (down 48.8%). Today's 16.44 ref sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.55 ref (3 Jan 2026) and the highest 32.11 ref (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 85 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.

Window	Low	High	Change	Moves	Readings
30 days	15.22 ref	18.44 ref	+8.0%	52	92
90 days	15.22 ref	18.44 ref	−9.2%	61	101
a year	11.55 ref	32.11 ref	−48.8%	85	133

Details

SKU	31485;11
Last price change	2026-09-05 16:08 UTC
Key rate when recorded	63.11 ref

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