Community price on backpack.tf: 32.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-16 (20d ago). The live quote above, 20.3 keys, is 36% lower and last moved 21h 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: $307.85 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:32 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 20 keys, 20.77 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 Big Chief”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
28 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.
Vivid Plasma Big Chief sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 28 observations, from 22.6 keys to 20.3 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
22.6 keys
18.4 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:00 UTC
22.6 keys
18.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:42 UTC
21.6 keys
19.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:29 UTC
20.5 keys
18.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:50 UTC
19.5 keys
17.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:52 UTC
20.0 keys
18.0 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 05:13 UTC
25.4 keys
22.1 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 07:13 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
24.2 keys
21.0 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
23 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
25.6 keys
22.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 08:45 UTC
26.5 keys
23.1 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
28.0 keys
24.3 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
29.2 keys
25.4 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
9.53 keys
8.29 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
9.65 keys
8.39 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 11:22 UTC
9.69 keys
8.43 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
9.70 keys
8.43 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
9.68 keys
8.42 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
9.54 keys
8.29 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
9.47 keys
8.23 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
9.55 keys
8.30 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
9.58 keys
8.33 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
9.55 keys
8.30 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
9.43 keys
8.19 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
9.51 keys
8.26 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
9.70 keys
8.43 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
20.3 keys
17.7 keys
Price history in numbers
28 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Big Chief's sell price ranged from 9.43 keys to 29.2 keys and is down 30.5% after 14 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.43 keys to 29.2 keys (down 10.0%). Today's 20.3 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.43 keys (2 Sep 2026) and the highest 29.2 keys (13 Aug 2026). The price has moved 27 times since we began recording it — about once every 13 days.