Community price on backpack.tf: 14.0–15.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-02 (3.1y ago). The live quote above, 15.9 keys, is 13% higher and last moved 4h 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: $53.06 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:22 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 15 keys, 54.33 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 Blast Defense”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
54 observations
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Steaming Blast Defense sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 54 observations, from 16.5 keys to 15.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.5 keys
11.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:47 UTC
16.5 keys
12.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:17 UTC
15.0 keys
12.7 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:35 UTC
14.3 keys
12.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:35 UTC
15.2 keys
12.8 keys
29 NOV 2025 · 16:55 UTC
25.5 keys
19.1 keys
11 DEC 2025 · 18:54 UTC
26.3 keys
19.8 keys
7 JAN 2026 · 11:41 UTC
23.9 keys
19.5 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:35 UTC
22.0 keys
18.4 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
21.3 keys
19.4 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:45 UTC
20.2 keys
19.0 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
19.7 keys
18.9 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:40 UTC
21.1 keys
20.6 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
21.2 keys
13.7 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
20.9 keys
13.6 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
20.7 keys
12.8 keys
3 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
22.7 keys
16.2 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
20.3 keys
16.9 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
19.8 keys
17.6 keys
8 MAY 2026 · 06:32 UTC
18.7 keys
17.6 keys
15 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
18.6 keys
17.2 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
18.8 keys
17.6 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
20.4 keys
18.3 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 12:33 UTC
20.2 keys
19.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
18.3 keys
16.0 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
18.7 keys
16.2 keys
26 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
20.4 keys
17.8 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
20.7 keys
18.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
19.0 keys
16.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
19.6 keys
17.1 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
20.0 keys
17.4 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
18.8 keys
16.4 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 11:23 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
19.4 keys
16.8 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
Price history in numbers
54 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Blast Defense's sell price ranged from 13.9 keys to 20.7 keys and is down 23.1% after 14 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.9 keys to 26.3 keys (down 3.8%). Today's 15.9 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.9 keys (19 Aug 2026) and the highest 26.3 keys (11 Dec 2025). The price has moved 53 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.