Community price on backpack.tf: 11.0–13.0 keys, last changed 2019-08-14 (7.1y ago). The live quote above, 16.8 keys, is 53% higher and last moved 7h 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: $232.17 — the lowest of one listing for the Terror-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-09-05 01:30 UTC (16h 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 16 keys, 50.66 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 Snowcapped”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
61 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Terror-Watt Snowcapped sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 61 observations, from 13.4 keys to 16.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
13.4 keys
10.1 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:54 UTC
13.8 keys
9.72 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:47 UTC
13.1 keys
9.28 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:02 UTC
13.2 keys
9.32 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:41 UTC
32.4 keys
21.7 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 01:01 UTC
33.7 keys
24.3 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 16:52 UTC
35.3 keys
25.0 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:12 UTC
36.2 keys
16.2 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
33.7 keys
18.2 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 08:13 UTC
30.3 keys
17.9 keys
2 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
29.6 keys
17.0 keys
19 APR 2026 · 04:31 UTC
29.7 keys
17.8 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
28.2 keys
16.9 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:34 UTC
29.3 keys
17.7 keys
31 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC
29.1 keys
17.9 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 10:31 UTC
28.7 keys
17.6 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 17:15 UTC
21.5 keys
18.7 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
20.3 keys
17.7 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 16:46 UTC
21.2 keys
18.5 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
22.0 keys
19.1 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
24.1 keys
21.0 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
8.45 keys
7.35 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
8.50 keys
7.39 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
8.54 keys
7.42 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
8.63 keys
7.50 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
8.64 keys
7.52 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
8.75 keys
7.61 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
8.83 keys
7.68 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
8.85 keys
7.70 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
8.92 keys
7.76 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 11:23 UTC
8.98 keys
7.81 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
9.04 keys
7.86 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
9.11 keys
7.92 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
9.15 keys
7.95 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
10.8 keys
9.42 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
17.1 keys
14.8 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
17.4 keys
15.1 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
Price history in numbers
61 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Terror-Watt Snowcapped's sell price ranged from 8.45 keys to 24.1 keys and is down 30.3% after 29 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.45 keys to 36.2 keys (up 25.3%). Today's 16.8 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.45 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 36.2 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 60 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.