Community price on backpack.tf: 33.0–35.0 keys, last changed 2025-07-17 (1.1y ago). The live quote above, 25.8 keys, is 22% lower and last moved 1d 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.
Steam Market asking price: $109.55 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:34 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 25 keys, 50.44 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 Toy Soldier”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
80 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.
Purple Energy Toy Soldier sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 80 observations, from 35.9 keys to 25.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
35.9 keys
27.7 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:52 UTC
35.3 keys
30.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:02 UTC
32.0 keys
27.2 keys
21 NOV 2025 · 20:37 UTC
33.5 keys
27.4 keys
17 DEC 2025 · 06:48 UTC
34.5 keys
28.4 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 22:53 UTC
34.0 keys
28.6 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:34 UTC
30.2 keys
27.0 keys
19 FEB 2026 · 06:40 UTC
29.8 keys
28.3 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
27.8 keys
21.2 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 18:07 UTC
26.7 keys
5.56 keys
2 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
30.3 keys
21.2 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
27.4 keys
23.9 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
28.6 keys
22.2 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
28.4 keys
24.4 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 06:29 UTC
26.6 keys
6.25 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 19:12 UTC
27.0 keys
23.5 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
25.9 keys
22.5 keys
31 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
25.4 keys
22.1 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 19:11 UTC
29.7 keys
25.8 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
23.8 keys
20.7 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
24.1 keys
20.9 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
24.5 keys
21.3 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
24.5 keys
21.3 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
24.5 keys
21.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
24.5 keys
21.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
24.5 keys
21.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
24.5 keys
21.3 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
24.8 keys
21.6 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
24.9 keys
21.7 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
25.2 keys
21.9 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
27.0 keys
22.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
27.6 keys
23.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
26.5 keys
22.5 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
26.1 keys
22.4 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
26.6 keys
23.1 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
25.8 keys
22.4 keys
Price history in numbers
80 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Toy Soldier's sell price ranged from 23.8 keys to 29.7 keys and is down 13.0% after 43 moves. Over a year it ranged from 23.8 keys to 36.9 keys (down 28.1%). Today's 25.8 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 23.8 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 36.9 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 79 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.