Community price on backpack.tf: 36.0 keys, last changed 2021-10-24 (4.9y ago). The live quote above, 40.7 keys, is 13% higher and last moved 15h 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: $114.71 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:33 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 40 keys, 43.66 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 Antarctic Eyewear”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
46 observations
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Searing Plasma Antarctic Eyewear sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 46 observations, from 35.7 keys to 40.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
35.7 keys
29.2 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:12 UTC
35.7 keys
29.2 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:47 UTC
34.1 keys
30.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:40 UTC
32.5 keys
29.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:56 UTC
32.7 keys
29.4 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 04:40 UTC
44.8 keys
34.5 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:49 UTC
48.1 keys
37.1 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 01:01 UTC
48.1 keys
37.1 keys
10 DEC 2025 · 12:52 UTC
48.8 keys
12.5 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:50 UTC
49.6 keys
38.5 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 12:53 UTC
45.8 keys
23.0 keys
7 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
45.0 keys
37.5 keys
14 JAN 2026 · 02:16 UTC
40.5 keys
34.5 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 10:15 UTC
41.0 keys
35.0 keys
28 JAN 2026 · 15:45 UTC
38.7 keys
21.4 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:45 UTC
36.9 keys
28.4 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
36.0 keys
28.8 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 18:41 UTC
36.3 keys
29.6 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
36.0 keys
29.5 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
35.7 keys
29.5 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
33.6 keys
29.6 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
38.7 keys
29.3 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
37.8 keys
31.9 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
37.9 keys
32.8 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 08:30 UTC
35.1 keys
20.2 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
37.3 keys
32.7 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:34 UTC
40.0 keys
32.4 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 16:12 UTC
39.6 keys
28.5 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
37.0 keys
32.2 keys
26 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
25.9 keys
22.5 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
33.5 keys
29.2 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
34.8 keys
30.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
37.4 keys
32.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
34.3 keys
29.8 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
39.9 keys
34.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
40.1 keys
34.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
12.6 keys
11.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
40.3 keys
35.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
40.2 keys
34.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
40.7 keys
35.4 keys
Price history in numbers
46 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Antarctic Eyewear's sell price ranged from 12.6 keys to 40.7 keys and is up 21.5% after 10 moves. Over a year it ranged from 12.6 keys to 50.1 keys (up 13.9%). Today's 40.7 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 12.6 keys (28 Aug 2026) and the highest 50.1 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 44 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.