Community price on backpack.tf: 16.0 keys, last changed 2025-11-22 (9mo ago). The live quote above, 10.0 keys, is 38% lower and last moved 19d 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: $19.54 — the lowest of 9 listings for the Sandy effect when we looked on 2026-09-05 01:27 UTC (19h 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 10 keys 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 Heat Shield”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
6 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.
Sandy Heat Shield sell price, 2025-11-25 to 2026-08-17: 6 observations, from 14.5 keys to 10.0 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 NOV 2025 · 08:41 UTC
14.5 keys
13.0 keys
28 APR 2026 · 14:29 UTC
8.57 keys
4.47 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 16:34 UTC
8.44 keys
5.20 keys
11 MAY 2026 · 02:33 UTC
8.96 keys
5.22 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 18:34 UTC
9.50 keys
5.72 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 11:10 UTC
10.0 keys
5.70 keys
Price history in numbers
6 readings since 25 Nov 2025
The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 8.44 keys to 14.5 keys (down 31.1%). Today's 10.0 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.44 keys (2 May 2026) and the highest 14.5 keys (25 Nov 2025). The price has moved 5 times since we began recording it — about once every 53 days.