Community price on backpack.tf: 13.0 keys, last changed 2019-03-15 (7.5y ago). The live quote above, 14.1 keys, is 8% higher and last moved 4h 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: $81.69 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:28 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 14 keys, 6.33 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 Front Runner”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
26 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.
Bubbling Front Runner sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 26 observations, from 13.4 keys to 14.1 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
13.4 keys
10.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:38 UTC
14.5 keys
11.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:21 UTC
13.8 keys
12.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:08 UTC
13.1 keys
11.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:27 UTC
12.5 keys
11.3 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:29 UTC
12.8 keys
11.5 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 19:13 UTC
12.6 keys
10.9 keys
3 JUL 2026 · 05:12 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
12.5 keys
10.8 keys
18 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
11.2 keys
9.78 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
13.5 keys
11.7 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 02:24 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
12.0 keys
10.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 04:07 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
12.7 keys
11.0 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
10.2 keys
8.89 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
12.6 keys
10.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
12.6 keys
11.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
14.2 keys
12.3 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
Price history in numbers
26 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Front Runner's sell price ranged from 10.2 keys to 14.2 keys and is up 17.3% after 13 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.2 keys to 14.5 keys (up 5.1%). Today's 14.1 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.2 keys (27 Aug 2026) and the highest 14.5 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 25 times since we began recording it — about once every 14 days.