Community price on backpack.tf: 28.0–37.0 keys, last changed 2026-07-30 (1mo ago). The live quote above, 13.7 keys, is 51% 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $104.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Abduction effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:41 UTC (5d 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 13 keys, 41.88 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 Universal Translator”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
52 observations
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Abduction Universal Translator sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 52 observations, from 38.7 keys to 13.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
38.7 keys
25.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:25 UTC
38.7 keys
26.0 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:54 UTC
35.2 keys
26.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:17 UTC
33.5 keys
24.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:18 UTC
35.4 keys
26.1 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 14:56 UTC
34.3 keys
25.0 keys
11 DEC 2025 · 20:54 UTC
32.4 keys
29.4 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 04:42 UTC
32.9 keys
19.7 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 21:10 UTC
37.8 keys
31.7 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:54 UTC
34.7 keys
30.4 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:35 UTC
31.0 keys
28.3 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
31.0 keys
20.2 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:44 UTC
27.2 keys
16.0 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
26.0 keys
17.7 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:40 UTC
26.5 keys
19.2 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
24.7 keys
19.6 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
24.5 keys
21.2 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
24.2 keys
21.4 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
25.5 keys
7.60 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
25.1 keys
11.6 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
29.9 keys
13.9 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
25.4 keys
11.5 keys
9 MAY 2026 · 10:32 UTC
26.6 keys
22.7 keys
16 MAY 2026 · 18:32 UTC
26.4 keys
22.8 keys
25 MAY 2026 · 10:30 UTC
30.7 keys
24.0 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
30.4 keys
24.0 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
28.6 keys
24.9 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 19:12 UTC
29.6 keys
25.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
30.3 keys
26.3 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
31.1 keys
27.1 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
32.3 keys
28.1 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
31.5 keys
27.4 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
25.5 keys
22.2 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
27.7 keys
24.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
27.7 keys
24.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
22.7 keys
19.8 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
26.6 keys
23.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
17.6 keys
15.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
Price history in numbers
52 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Abduction Universal Translator's sell price ranged from 13.2 keys to 31.5 keys and is down 56.7% after 10 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.2 keys to 38.7 keys (down 64.7%). Today's 13.7 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.2 keys (3 Sep 2026) and the highest 38.7 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 51 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.