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Team Fortress 2 (TF2) Item Prices
Team Fortress 2 has one of the oldest item economies on Steam — Mann Co. Keys in particular have long functioned as an informal secondary currency within the TF2 community, since their price is unusually stable compared to most cosmetics.
Prices load live from Steam through a caching layer to stay within Steam's rate limits, so a row may briefly show a dash if Steam throttles a request.
The game at a glance
- Launched
- 10 October 2007Free to play since 23 June 2011.Sources: Dexerto: Team Fortress 2, Wikipedia: Team Fortress 2
- What it is
- Valve's team-based class shooter with nine distinct classes, regular free updates of maps, modes, equipment and hats, and a cosmetic item economy in which Mann Co. Keys act as an informal currency.Source: Dexerto: Team Fortress 2
- Players
- Valve does not publish player totals. The all-time Steam peak is about 254,000 concurrent players on 13 July 2023, after a summer update; a mid-2025 snapshot showed roughly 45,000 concurrent on average.Sources: Game Developer, Dexerto: Team Fortress 2 · Jul 2023 peak; mid-2025 average
| Item | Lowest |
|---|---|
| Mann Co. Supply Crate Key | … |
Frequently asked questions
Why do TF2 players use Keys as currency?
Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys have a real-money price and are widely held, which makes their price unusually stable compared to cosmetic items — so players commonly quote other item trades in terms of "keys" rather than dollars.