Community price on backpack.tf: 49.0 keys, last changed 2022-10-15 (3.9y ago). The live quote above, 23.5 keys, is 52% lower and last moved 18d 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: $257.20 — the lowest of one listing for the Overclocked 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 23 keys, 29.88 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
9 observations
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Overclocked Data Mining Light sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-19: 9 observations, from 48.7 keys to 23.5 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
48.7 keys
39.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:06 UTC
49.7 keys
40.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:47 UTC
47.5 keys
42.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:35 UTC
45.2 keys
40.6 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:57 UTC
43.0 keys
38.7 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:58 UTC
48.3 keys
43.4 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 15:12 UTC
23.4 keys
20.4 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 23:12 UTC
23.5 keys
20.5 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 02:33 UTC
23.5 keys
20.4 keys
Price history in numbers
9 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Overclocked Data Mining Light's sell price ranged from 23.5 keys to 23.5 keys and is down 0.3% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 23.4 keys to 49.7 keys (down 51.8%). Today's 23.5 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 23.4 keys (3 Aug 2026) and the highest 49.7 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 8 times since we began recording it — about once every 41 days.