Community price on backpack.tf: 30.0–31.0 keys, last changed 2024-05-15 (2.3y ago). The live quote above, 27.3 keys, is 9% lower and last moved 2d 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: $57.50 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Kaleidoscope effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:35 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 27 keys, 18 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 Fire Fighter”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
61 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.
Kaleidoscope Fire Fighter sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 61 observations, from 22.3 keys to 27.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
22.3 keys
21.4 keys
5 OCT 2025 · 22:24 UTC
23.0 keys
22.8 keys
12 OCT 2025 · 20:06 UTC
23.3 keys
22.1 keys
29 OCT 2025 · 00:02 UTC
20.0 keys
17.9 keys
2 NOV 2025 · 22:34 UTC
20.2 keys
11.2 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:42 UTC
28.2 keys
20.0 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:51 UTC
30.3 keys
21.8 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:55 UTC
23.5 keys
22.7 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 22:50 UTC
24.9 keys
18.8 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 12:54 UTC
23.6 keys
19.9 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:57 UTC
23.1 keys
20.3 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 23:27 UTC
21.5 keys
19.8 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
21.2 keys
19.3 keys
18 FEB 2026 · 12:40 UTC
22.0 keys
12.6 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 02:44 UTC
19.7 keys
11.4 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
20.6 keys
7.10 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
21.3 keys
7.55 keys
1 APR 2026 · 02:31 UTC
21.3 keys
9.60 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
20.8 keys
6.55 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
18.1 keys
15.8 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
17.8 keys
17.0 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
17.7 keys
7.39 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
17.9 keys
7.48 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
20.5 keys
7.55 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
20.0 keys
7.81 keys
11 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
22.1 keys
14.6 keys
26 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
24.9 keys
8.39 keys
16 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
23.3 keys
8.25 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
9.46 keys
8.22 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
9.58 keys
8.33 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
9.59 keys
8.34 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
9.66 keys
8.40 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
9.69 keys
8.43 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
28.4 keys
8.51 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
28.2 keys
8.51 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:11 UTC
27.8 keys
8.47 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
27.6 keys
8.43 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
27.0 keys
8.35 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
27.2 keys
8.42 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
27.3 keys
8.53 keys
Price history in numbers
61 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Kaleidoscope Fire Fighter's sell price ranged from 9.46 keys to 28.4 keys and is up 16.8% after 19 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.46 keys to 30.3 keys (up 22.3%). Today's 27.3 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.46 keys (24 Aug 2026) and the highest 30.3 keys (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 59 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.