Community price on backpack.tf: 11.0 keys, last changed 2024-02-21 (2.5y ago). The live quote above, 8.88 keys, is 19% lower and last moved 11d 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: $40.30 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Cloud 9 effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:39 UTC (2d 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 8 keys, 56.22 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 Plug-In Prospector”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
34 observations
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Cloud 9 Plug-In Prospector sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-26: 34 observations, from 11.9 keys to 8.88 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
11.9 keys
9.72 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:48 UTC
10.9 keys
8.94 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:31 UTC
10.5 keys
9.37 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:17 UTC
9.95 keys
8.94 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:38 UTC
9.48 keys
8.56 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:40 UTC
10.0 keys
8.98 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 14:41 UTC
10.7 keys
9.47 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 04:50 UTC
9.31 keys
7.75 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:52 UTC
9.10 keys
7.63 keys
15 JAN 2026 · 14:14 UTC
8.23 keys
7.08 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
8.19 keys
7.16 keys
30 JAN 2026 · 23:43 UTC
8.20 keys
7.22 keys
27 APR 2026 · 12:32 UTC
9.45 keys
6.10 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 20:31 UTC
9.31 keys
6.41 keys
15 MAY 2026 · 12:32 UTC
9.80 keys
6.71 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 18:30 UTC
9.76 keys
7.01 keys
3 JUN 2026 · 08:30 UTC
9.89 keys
7.28 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 04:31 UTC
9.76 keys
6.57 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 12:32 UTC
9.31 keys
6.42 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 23:13 UTC
7.80 keys
6.78 keys
2 JUL 2026 · 13:13 UTC
7.26 keys
6.31 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
8.30 keys
7.22 keys
17 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
7.95 keys
6.91 keys
26 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
9.15 keys
7.97 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
10.1 keys
8.69 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 11:11 UTC
9.69 keys
8.45 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
7.82 keys
6.80 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
7.84 keys
6.82 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
7.92 keys
6.89 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
7.90 keys
6.87 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
8.49 keys
7.38 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
8.61 keys
7.48 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
8.67 keys
7.54 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
8.88 keys
7.72 keys
Price history in numbers
34 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Cloud 9 Plug-In Prospector's sell price ranged from 7.82 keys to 9.69 keys and is down 8.4% after 8 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.26 keys to 11.9 keys (down 25.7%). Today's 8.88 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.26 keys (2 Jul 2026) and the highest 11.9 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 33 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.
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