Strange Preventative Measure

Strange1h ago

Sell price

33.88 ref

Buy price

22.44 ref

In keys

33.88 ref

In USD

$1.22 at the Steam key rate

Steam Market sales

4 in 24h at $1.03

Community price on backpack.tf: 19.33–23.77 ref, last changed 2026-02-05 (7mo ago). The live quote above, 33.88 ref, is 75% higher and last moved 1h 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.

4 sold on the Steam Community Market in the 24 hours to 2026-08-27 15:57 UTC (9d ago), listed there as “Strange Preventative Measure”. 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

112 observations

Strange Preventative Measure sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 112 observations, from 32.22 ref to 33.88 ref. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)	Sell	Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC	32.22 ref	24.11 ref
19 OCT 2025 · 22:42 UTC	32.22 ref	24.11 ref
19 NOV 2025 · 10:48 UTC	32.55 ref	21.77 ref
10 DEC 2025 · 19:13 UTC	33.22 ref	21.11 ref
23 DEC 2025 · 11:22 UTC	37.88 ref	23 ref
11 JAN 2026 · 23:40 UTC	29.66 ref	25.11 ref
1 FEB 2026 · 21:48 UTC	27.33 ref	19.66 ref
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC	29.77 ref	24.55 ref
15 MAR 2026 · 22:09 UTC	20.77 ref	19.77 ref
12 APR 2026 · 14:31 UTC	34.55 ref	32.33 ref
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC	22.33 ref	21.22 ref
17 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC	23.11 ref	21.77 ref
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC	21.11 ref	18.55 ref
29 JUN 2026 · 13:13 UTC	21.44 ref	20.55 ref
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC	24.22 ref	21.66 ref
10 AUG 2026 · 09:10 UTC	23.55 ref	20.44 ref
21 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC	22 ref	21.55 ref
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC	22.66 ref	21.55 ref
22 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC	22.55 ref	21.66 ref
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC	22.22 ref	20.44 ref
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC	21.77 ref	21.66 ref
25 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC	21.66 ref	20.88 ref
25 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC	21.66 ref	21 ref
25 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC	21.66 ref	21.33 ref
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC	24.77 ref	21.55 ref
26 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC	24.55 ref	21.33 ref
28 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC	24.66 ref	21.44 ref
29 AUG 2026 · 08:10 UTC	20.33 ref	17.66 ref
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC	24.66 ref	21.55 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC	22.55 ref	21.55 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC	25.33 ref	22 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 02:10 UTC	26.33 ref	22.88 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC	25.11 ref	21.88 ref
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC	25 ref	21.77 ref
3 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC	25.77 ref	22.44 ref
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC	29.22 ref	25.44 ref
4 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC	27 ref	23.44 ref
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC	27.55 ref	24 ref
5 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC	25 ref	21.77 ref
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC	33.88 ref	22.44 ref

Price history in numbers

112 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Strange Preventative Measure's sell price ranged from 20.33 ref to 33.88 ref and is up 43.9% after 56 moves. Over a year it ranged from 19.55 ref to 37.88 ref (up 5.2%). Today's 33.88 ref sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 19.55 ref (8 Feb 2026) and the highest 37.88 ref (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 92 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.

Window	Low	High	Change	Moves	Readings
30 days	20.33 ref	33.88 ref	+43.9%	56	69
90 days	19.77 ref	33.88 ref	+60.5%	65	78
a year	19.55 ref	37.88 ref	+5.2%	92	112

Details

SKU	31363;11
Last price change	2026-09-05 16:08 UTC
Key rate when recorded	63.11 ref

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