Community price on backpack.tf: 42.0–43.0 keys, last changed 2025-06-24 (1.2y ago). The live quote above, 42.9 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 7h 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $94.17 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:27 UTC (4d 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 42 keys, 53.33 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 Ground Control”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 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 Ground Control sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 44 observations, from 44.5 keys to 42.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
44.5 keys
36.3 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:07 UTC
44.4 keys
36.3 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:48 UTC
42.5 keys
38.2 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:37 UTC
40.4 keys
36.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:58 UTC
38.4 keys
34.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
28.2 keys
24.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 09:12 UTC
31.2 keys
27.1 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
30.0 keys
26.1 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
30.3 keys
26.4 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
33.3 keys
29.0 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
36.5 keys
31.7 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
39.1 keys
33.9 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
41.0 keys
35.6 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
25.3 keys
22.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
25.5 keys
22.2 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
29.1 keys
25.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
36.8 keys
32.0 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
37.6 keys
32.7 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
38.0 keys
33.1 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
38.4 keys
33.4 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
38.6 keys
33.6 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
38.8 keys
33.8 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
39.1 keys
34.0 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
39.3 keys
34.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
39.8 keys
34.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
40.7 keys
35.4 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
40.8 keys
35.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
41.3 keys
35.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
42.3 keys
36.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
41.5 keys
36.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
41.7 keys
36.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
41.6 keys
36.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
41.6 keys
36.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
41.8 keys
36.3 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
41.2 keys
35.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
42.1 keys
36.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
43.0 keys
37.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
43.9 keys
38.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
42.8 keys
37.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
42.9 keys
37.3 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Ground Control's sell price ranged from 25.3 keys to 43.9 keys and is up 4.6% after 30 moves. Over a year it ranged from 25.3 keys to 44.5 keys (down 3.6%). Today's 42.9 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 25.3 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 44.5 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.
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