Community price on backpack.tf: 53.0–58.0 keys, last changed 2024-09-25 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 53.8 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 6h 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: $159.31 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-08-31 01:32 UTC (6d 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 53 keys, 48.55 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 Danger”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 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.
Searing Plasma Danger sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 44 observations, from 61.0 keys to 53.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
61.0 keys
45.7 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:16 UTC
59.9 keys
45.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:58 UTC
57.2 keys
47.9 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:46 UTC
54.4 keys
45.6 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:09 UTC
51.9 keys
43.5 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
46.6 keys
40.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 17:12 UTC
48.4 keys
42.0 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
46.3 keys
40.2 keys
18 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
28.9 keys
25.1 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
38.2 keys
33.2 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
41.8 keys
36.4 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
44.1 keys
38.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
46.0 keys
40.0 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
46.0 keys
40.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
46.3 keys
40.2 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
46.9 keys
40.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
47.3 keys
41.1 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
47.5 keys
41.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
48.0 keys
41.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
48.4 keys
42.1 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
48.5 keys
42.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
49.0 keys
42.6 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
49.3 keys
42.8 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
49.5 keys
43.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
49.8 keys
43.3 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
50.6 keys
44.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
51.2 keys
44.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
51.6 keys
44.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
52.9 keys
46.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
51.9 keys
45.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
52.0 keys
45.2 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
51.9 keys
45.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
51.8 keys
45.0 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
51.9 keys
45.2 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
51.6 keys
44.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
53.0 keys
46.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
54.6 keys
47.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
55.6 keys
48.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
53.8 keys
46.8 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
53.8 keys
46.8 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Danger's sell price ranged from 44.1 keys to 55.6 keys and is up 21.9% after 31 moves. Over a year it ranged from 28.9 keys to 61.0 keys (down 11.8%). Today's 53.8 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 28.9 keys (18 Jul 2026) and the highest 61.0 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.