Community price on backpack.tf: 8.00–12.0 keys, last changed 2020-06-20 (6.2y ago). The live quote above, 9.82 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 5d 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: $40.58 — the lowest of one listing for the Cloud 9 effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:48 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 9 keys, 51.77 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 Virtual Reality Headset”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
40 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.
Cloud 9 Virtual Reality Headset sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-01: 40 observations, from 12.1 keys to 9.82 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
12.1 keys
6.59 keys
2 OCT 2025 · 08:14 UTC
15.7 keys
13.3 keys
15 OCT 2025 · 15:30 UTC
15.1 keys
12.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 22:05 UTC
17.5 keys
13.0 keys
25 NOV 2025 · 16:47 UTC
15.9 keys
10.5 keys
4 DEC 2025 · 02:51 UTC
16.2 keys
10.6 keys
16 DEC 2025 · 20:40 UTC
51.9 keys
11.1 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 12:46 UTC
14.2 keys
10.9 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 14:46 UTC
13.9 keys
10.8 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 21:32 UTC
12.4 keys
10.0 keys
17 JAN 2026 · 06:08 UTC
12.4 keys
10.1 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 10:22 UTC
11.8 keys
10.7 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
11.5 keys
10.7 keys
19 FEB 2026 · 08:41 UTC
11.6 keys
11.0 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 16:42 UTC
11.5 keys
10.8 keys
9 MAR 2026 · 14:09 UTC
12.1 keys
11.3 keys
2 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
12.4 keys
6.69 keys
11 APR 2026 · 16:30 UTC
11.9 keys
9.21 keys
24 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
11.3 keys
7.55 keys
6 MAY 2026 · 06:31 UTC
11.7 keys
9.55 keys
22 MAY 2026 · 18:30 UTC
11.3 keys
9.73 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 02:29 UTC
11.5 keys
9.91 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 12:30 UTC
11.3 keys
9.81 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
8.41 keys
7.31 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
9.31 keys
8.10 keys
30 JUL 2026 · 08:45 UTC
9.84 keys
8.50 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 06:24 UTC
10.4 keys
8.94 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 05:11 UTC
10.4 keys
8.99 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
9.80 keys
8.54 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
9.58 keys
8.33 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
9.57 keys
8.33 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
9.60 keys
8.35 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
9.61 keys
8.36 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
9.61 keys
8.36 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
9.63 keys
8.38 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
9.65 keys
8.39 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
9.70 keys
8.44 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
9.71 keys
8.44 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
9.88 keys
8.59 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
9.82 keys
8.53 keys
Price history in numbers
40 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Cloud 9 Virtual Reality Headset's sell price ranged from 9.57 keys to 10.4 keys and is down 5.9% after 12 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.41 keys to 51.9 keys (down 18.8%). Today's 9.82 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.41 keys (12 Jul 2026) and the highest 51.9 keys (16 Dec 2025). The price has moved 38 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.