Community price on backpack.tf: 206 keys, last changed 2026-02-25 (6mo ago). The live quote above, 136 keys, is 34% lower and last moved 21d 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: $564.32 — the lowest of one listing for the Orbiting Fire effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:47 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 135 keys, 55.22 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 Brainiac Hairpiece”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
15 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.
Orbiting Fire Brainiac Hairpiece sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-15: 15 observations, from 170 keys to 136 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
170 keys
119 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:07 UTC
169 keys
118 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:48 UTC
161 keys
124 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:37 UTC
154 keys
118 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:58 UTC
146 keys
112 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:59 UTC
150 keys
116 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
158 keys
138 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
169 keys
147 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
162 keys
141 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
163 keys
142 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
138 keys
120 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
149 keys
130 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
151 keys
131 keys
15 AUG 2026 · 23:11 UTC
136 keys
118 keys
Price history in numbers
15 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Orbiting Fire Brainiac Hairpiece's sell price ranged from 136 keys to 151 keys and is down 10.0% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 123 keys to 170 keys (down 20.2%). Today's 136 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 123 keys (19 Jul 2026) and the highest 170 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 14 times since we began recording it — about once every 23 days.