Community price on backpack.tf: 37.0–46.0 keys, last changed 2023-07-09 (3.2y ago). The live quote above, 79.6 keys, is 115% higher 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: $177.93 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:34 UTC (3d 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 79 keys, 34.66 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 Twisted Topper”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
55 observations
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Purple Energy Twisted Topper sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 55 observations, from 48.2 keys to 79.6 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
48.2 keys
31.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:45 UTC
48.2 keys
31.0 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:11 UTC
43.8 keys
31.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:25 UTC
41.7 keys
29.6 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:46 UTC
70.8 keys
63.4 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 18:58 UTC
75.9 keys
68.8 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 18:59 UTC
76.7 keys
69.9 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 03:16 UTC
78.2 keys
46.2 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 06:58 UTC
76.2 keys
36.4 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 20:53 UTC
74.9 keys
43.7 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
68.9 keys
20.9 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:45 UTC
76.3 keys
18.5 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 18:42 UTC
68.0 keys
26.7 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:42 UTC
63.8 keys
12.3 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 02:44 UTC
66.6 keys
12.2 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
61.4 keys
9.54 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
61.2 keys
20.6 keys
5 APR 2026 · 18:30 UTC
51.8 keys
16.5 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
66.6 keys
19.8 keys
19 APR 2026 · 18:31 UTC
52.0 keys
20.8 keys
4 MAY 2026 · 10:32 UTC
48.0 keys
43.3 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:34 UTC
51.0 keys
46.4 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
50.7 keys
46.2 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 06:31 UTC
51.2 keys
45.5 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 02:32 UTC
58.9 keys
44.9 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
51.8 keys
47.7 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 13:12 UTC
37.3 keys
32.5 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
69.0 keys
60.0 keys
28 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
70.4 keys
61.2 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 15:12 UTC
56.8 keys
49.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
60.0 keys
52.2 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
60.1 keys
52.2 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
62.5 keys
54.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
71.8 keys
62.4 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
75.2 keys
65.4 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
78.6 keys
68.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
81.5 keys
70.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
81.9 keys
71.2 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:10 UTC
81.5 keys
70.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
79.6 keys
69.2 keys
Price history in numbers
55 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Twisted Topper's sell price ranged from 50.2 keys to 82.0 keys and is up 58.4% after 13 moves. Over a year it ranged from 37.3 keys to 82.0 keys (up 65.0%). Today's 79.6 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 37.3 keys (1 Jul 2026) and the highest 82.0 keys (27 Aug 2026). The price has moved 54 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.