Community price on backpack.tf: 21.0 keys, last changed 2018-07-07 (8.2y ago). The live quote above, 13.6 keys, is 35% lower and last moved 14h 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: $253.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Orbiting Fire effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:29 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 13 keys, 37 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 Data Mining Light”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
46 observations
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Orbiting Fire Data Mining Light sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 46 observations, from 21.8 keys to 13.6 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
21.8 keys
17.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:06 UTC
21.8 keys
17.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:47 UTC
20.9 keys
18.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:35 UTC
19.8 keys
17.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:58 UTC
20.1 keys
18.0 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 20:50 UTC
22.6 keys
9.82 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 06:54 UTC
22.6 keys
9.88 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:50 UTC
22.9 keys
10.2 keys
17 DEC 2025 · 06:47 UTC
23.5 keys
11.8 keys
1 JAN 2026 · 20:49 UTC
26.9 keys
13.3 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 23:24 UTC
19.8 keys
11.3 keys
5 FEB 2026 · 10:22 UTC
18.9 keys
11.7 keys
9 FEB 2026 · 08:40 UTC
18.5 keys
11.5 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 00:40 UTC
18.9 keys
10.8 keys
26 FEB 2026 · 10:41 UTC
14.4 keys
9.48 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
14.2 keys
8.97 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 06:42 UTC
14.1 keys
8.54 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 20:07 UTC
15.0 keys
8.48 keys
3 APR 2026 · 02:30 UTC
15.3 keys
8.66 keys
11 APR 2026 · 10:30 UTC
15.1 keys
7.19 keys
18 APR 2026 · 16:31 UTC
14.5 keys
8.38 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 10:29 UTC
14.4 keys
9.16 keys
22 MAY 2026 · 06:30 UTC
14.2 keys
8.66 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 08:31 UTC
13.8 keys
9.99 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 06:29 UTC
13.7 keys
8.89 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC
14.1 keys
9.41 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
11.9 keys
10.4 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
10.5 keys
9.15 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 18:45 UTC
10.9 keys
9.45 keys
24 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
9.81 keys
8.48 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
13.8 keys
12.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
Price history in numbers
46 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Orbiting Fire Data Mining Light's sell price ranged from 12.8 keys to 13.8 keys and is down 1.9% after 10 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.81 keys to 26.9 keys (down 37.9%). Today's 13.6 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.81 keys (24 Jul 2026) and the highest 26.9 keys (1 Jan 2026). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.