Community price on backpack.tf: 50.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-12 (24d ago). The live quote above, 51.8 keys, is 4% higher and last moved 6h 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: $229.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma 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 51 keys, 50.22 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
62 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.
Vivid Plasma Front Runner sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 62 observations, from 42.4 keys to 51.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
42.4 keys
34.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:21 UTC
40.5 keys
36.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:08 UTC
38.5 keys
34.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:29 UTC
38.8 keys
34.9 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:37 UTC
65.6 keys
34.4 keys
11 DEC 2025 · 20:49 UTC
71.5 keys
59.2 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:41 UTC
70.4 keys
58.6 keys
17 JAN 2026 · 00:05 UTC
63.7 keys
56.9 keys
10 FEB 2026 · 04:41 UTC
59.3 keys
53.1 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 14:40 UTC
63.7 keys
11.5 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
59.3 keys
30.7 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:41 UTC
58.7 keys
36.0 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 16:06 UTC
61.0 keys
38.7 keys
2 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
62.5 keys
39.6 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
61.0 keys
39.1 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
49.6 keys
43.1 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
49.3 keys
42.9 keys
24 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
53.8 keys
46.8 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 04:46 UTC
55.4 keys
48.2 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
58.7 keys
50.9 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
39.0 keys
33.9 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
44.2 keys
38.5 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
44.6 keys
38.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
45.6 keys
39.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
46.4 keys
40.4 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
46.9 keys
40.8 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
47.7 keys
41.5 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
48.1 keys
41.9 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
48.9 keys
42.5 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
49.3 keys
42.9 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
50.2 keys
43.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
50.6 keys
44.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
51.1 keys
44.4 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
51.0 keys
44.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
50.9 keys
44.3 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
50.4 keys
43.9 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
51.0 keys
44.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
52.4 keys
45.6 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
53.3 keys
46.4 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
51.8 keys
45.0 keys
Price history in numbers
62 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Front Runner's sell price ranged from 39.0 keys to 58.7 keys and is down 11.7% after 31 moves. Over a year it ranged from 36.7 keys to 71.5 keys (up 22.1%). Today's 51.8 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 36.7 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 71.5 keys (11 Dec 2025). The price has moved 61 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.