Community price on backpack.tf: 22.0 keys, last changed 2025-02-19 (1.5y ago). The live quote above, 11.7 keys, is 47% lower and last moved 3h 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: $50.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Sizzling effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:55 UTC (2d 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 11 keys, 42 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 Checkered Past”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
42 observations
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Sizzling Checkered Past sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 42 observations, from 23.3 keys to 11.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.3 keys
19.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 23:04 UTC
22.3 keys
18.2 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:35 UTC
21.3 keys
19.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:33 UTC
20.3 keys
18.2 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:46 UTC
19.3 keys
17.4 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:41 UTC
20.4 keys
18.3 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 16:48 UTC
25.2 keys
16.1 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:58 UTC
23.5 keys
17.5 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 03:07 UTC
27.0 keys
17.8 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 08:55 UTC
28.2 keys
18.6 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:59 UTC
21.6 keys
16.3 keys
16 MAY 2026 · 16:32 UTC
22.7 keys
14.8 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
25.5 keys
12.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 04:32 UTC
25.8 keys
12.1 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
21.4 keys
12.1 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:33 UTC
25.2 keys
12.1 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
25.1 keys
12.9 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
11 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
20 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
26 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
2 AUG 2026 · 10:43 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
16 AUG 2026 · 23:11 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.2 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:10 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
11.4 keys
9.91 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.5 keys
9.99 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
11.5 keys
10.00 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
11.9 keys
10.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
11.6 keys
10.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
11.5 keys
10.00 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
11.9 keys
10.3 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
11.7 keys
10.1 keys
Price history in numbers
42 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Sizzling Checkered Past's sell price ranged from 11.4 keys to 15.5 keys and is down 24.7% after 17 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.4 keys to 28.2 keys (down 50.0%). Today's 11.7 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.4 keys (2 Sep 2026) and the highest 28.2 keys (8 Dec 2025). The price has moved 41 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.