Community price on backpack.tf: 28.0 keys, last changed 2018-12-29 (7.7y ago). The live quote above, 20.5 keys, is 27% lower and last moved 14h 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: $80.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:24 UTC (4d 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 20 keys, 32.77 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 Tungsten Toque”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 observations
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Purple Energy Tungsten Toque sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 44 observations, from 28.9 keys to 20.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
28.9 keys
23.7 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:51 UTC
29.9 keys
24.5 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:33 UTC
28.6 keys
25.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:20 UTC
27.2 keys
24.5 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:41 UTC
25.9 keys
23.3 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 14:42 UTC
22.0 keys
8.69 keys
1 APR 2026 · 22:29 UTC
28.2 keys
19.2 keys
9 APR 2026 · 00:29 UTC
28.2 keys
19.2 keys
15 APR 2026 · 10:30 UTC
27.5 keys
19.1 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
26.6 keys
23.1 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 19:12 UTC
27.5 keys
23.9 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
26.1 keys
22.7 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
26.3 keys
22.9 keys
24 JUL 2026 · 12:44 UTC
29.0 keys
25.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 18:43 UTC
27.6 keys
24.1 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 17:11 UTC
31.7 keys
27.6 keys
16 AUG 2026 · 17:11 UTC
31.9 keys
27.7 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
18.0 keys
15.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
18.0 keys
15.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
18.1 keys
15.7 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
18.2 keys
15.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
18.6 keys
16.1 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
19.5 keys
16.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
19.7 keys
17.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
20.1 keys
17.4 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
20.3 keys
17.7 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
21.0 keys
18.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
20.6 keys
17.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
20.6 keys
17.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
20.5 keys
17.9 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Tungsten Toque's sell price ranged from 16.4 keys to 31.9 keys and is down 35.3% after 26 moves. Over a year it ranged from 16.4 keys to 31.9 keys (down 29.0%). Today's 20.5 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 16.4 keys (23 Aug 2026) and the highest 31.9 keys (16 Aug 2026). The price has moved 42 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.