Community price on backpack.tf: 7.50–10.5 keys, last changed 2020-06-06 (6.3y ago). The live quote above, 8.61 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 19d 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: $27.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Terror-Watt effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:51 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, 39.55 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 Tailor”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
20 observations
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Terror-Watt Toy Tailor sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-17: 20 observations, from 10.4 keys to 8.61 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
10.4 keys
6.04 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:10 UTC
10.4 keys
6.09 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:52 UTC
9.94 keys
6.37 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:40 UTC
9.48 keys
6.09 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:02 UTC
9.04 keys
5.83 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:03 UTC
9.32 keys
5.98 keys
24 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
7.35 keys
5.86 keys
7 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
7.24 keys
5.64 keys
9 MAY 2026 · 16:32 UTC
7.66 keys
6.10 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
7.69 keys
6.12 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 16:32 UTC
7.60 keys
5.79 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 16:11 UTC
7.53 keys
5.89 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC
7.78 keys
6.14 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 13:12 UTC
7.34 keys
6.38 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 03:11 UTC
7.03 keys
6.11 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
7.36 keys
6.39 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
7.81 keys
6.79 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 02:24 UTC
8.13 keys
7.08 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 05:10 UTC
8.49 keys
7.39 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 21:11 UTC
8.61 keys
7.50 keys
Price history in numbers
20 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Terror-Watt Toy Tailor's sell price ranged from 8.49 keys to 8.61 keys and is up 1.5% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 7.03 keys to 10.4 keys (down 17.2%). Today's 8.61 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.03 keys (8 Jul 2026) and the highest 10.4 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 19 times since we began recording it — about once every 17 days.