Community price on backpack.tf: 24.0 keys, last changed 2024-09-27 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 17.7 keys, is 26% lower and last moved 5h 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: $69.57 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:35 UTC (5d 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 17 keys, 41 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 Eliminator's Safeguard”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
36 observations
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Bubbling Eliminator's Safeguard sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 36 observations, from 24.8 keys to 17.7 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
24.8 keys
20.3 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:29 UTC
24.8 keys
20.3 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:02 UTC
23.7 keys
21.3 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:56 UTC
22.5 keys
20.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:13 UTC
21.5 keys
19.3 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:09 UTC
20.9 keys
18.9 keys
10 MAR 2026 · 08:10 UTC
29.4 keys
10.9 keys
19 MAR 2026 · 08:07 UTC
29.0 keys
10.8 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 00:07 UTC
31.9 keys
13.2 keys
5 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
31.5 keys
12.2 keys
23 APR 2026 · 16:32 UTC
24.4 keys
13.6 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
21.7 keys
13.7 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 20:30 UTC
21.4 keys
14.0 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC
22.5 keys
13.6 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 16:33 UTC
22.0 keys
15.1 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
22.3 keys
14.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
22.8 keys
13.0 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
22.5 keys
13.3 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
22.3 keys
13.9 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 19:13 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
15.6 keys
13.5 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 00:48 UTC
13.5 keys
11.8 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
17.5 keys
15.2 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
17.3 keys
15.1 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
17.2 keys
15.0 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
17.1 keys
14.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
16.7 keys
14.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
17.7 keys
15.4 keys
Price history in numbers
36 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Eliminator's Safeguard's sell price ranged from 15.3 keys to 17.7 keys and is up 2.1% after 9 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.5 keys to 31.9 keys (down 28.8%). Today's 17.7 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.5 keys (22 Jul 2026) and the highest 31.9 keys (22 Mar 2026). The price has moved 35 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.