Community price on backpack.tf: 18.0–27.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-10 (26d ago). The live quote above, 19.2 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 24d 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: $59.67 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:36 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 19 keys, 14.88 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 Dustbowl Devil”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
23 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 Dustbowl Devil sell price, 2025-12-12 to 2026-08-12: 23 observations, from 21.0 keys to 19.2 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
12 DEC 2025 · 16:32 UTC
21.0 keys
18.9 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 02:41 UTC
19.4 keys
9.19 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
18.2 keys
8.69 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 02:45 UTC
18.1 keys
8.69 keys
9 MAR 2026 · 08:44 UTC
16.7 keys
12.8 keys
17 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
16.4 keys
12.6 keys
24 MAR 2026 · 12:08 UTC
17.7 keys
13.6 keys
3 APR 2026 · 10:31 UTC
16.3 keys
13.1 keys
8 APR 2026 · 06:30 UTC
16.3 keys
13.1 keys
15 APR 2026 · 06:32 UTC
16.0 keys
13.0 keys
22 APR 2026 · 18:31 UTC
16.3 keys
9.15 keys
30 APR 2026 · 14:30 UTC
15.5 keys
11.6 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 02:33 UTC
15.2 keys
12.7 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:34 UTC
16.2 keys
13.5 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 14:33 UTC
16.0 keys
13.5 keys
2 JUN 2026 · 06:32 UTC
15.9 keys
8.97 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 21:11 UTC
12.4 keys
10.7 keys
3 JUL 2026 · 19:12 UTC
10.8 keys
9.43 keys
20 JUL 2026 · 06:43 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
31 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
17.5 keys
15.1 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 19:12 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
Price history in numbers
23 readings since 12 Dec 2025
The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 10.8 keys to 21.0 keys (down 8.4%). Today's 19.2 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.8 keys (3 Jul 2026) and the highest 21.0 keys (12 Dec 2025). The price has moved 21 times since we began recording it — about once every 12 days.