Community price on backpack.tf: 125 keys, last changed 2022-02-02 (4.6y ago). The live quote above, 114 keys, is 9% lower and last moved 20d 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: $275.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:42 UTC (5d 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 114 keys, 15.44 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 Hong Kong Cone”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
43 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 Hong Kong Cone sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-16: 43 observations, from 124 keys to 114 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
124 keys
102 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:01 UTC
124 keys
102 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:43 UTC
119 keys
107 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:30 UTC
113 keys
102 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:51 UTC
108 keys
96.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:53 UTC
114 keys
102 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:37 UTC
128 keys
93.2 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:54 UTC
138 keys
103 keys
10 DEC 2025 · 02:47 UTC
140 keys
106 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:43 UTC
142 keys
109 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:08 UTC
143 keys
111 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 18:50 UTC
133 keys
109 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:52 UTC
130 keys
108 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 07:35 UTC
126 keys
99.6 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 17:18 UTC
128 keys
101 keys
27 JAN 2026 · 11:42 UTC
126 keys
99.8 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:44 UTC
120 keys
95.4 keys
10 FEB 2026 · 02:42 UTC
118 keys
93.3 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 02:40 UTC
126 keys
100 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 02:41 UTC
118 keys
94.4 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
116 keys
78.5 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
109 keys
88.0 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
124 keys
96.3 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
120 keys
45.4 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
116 keys
45.6 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
116 keys
46.6 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 10:29 UTC
107 keys
75.8 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
111 keys
81.5 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
110 keys
81.1 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 10:30 UTC
110 keys
66.0 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
111 keys
51.1 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 06:30 UTC
110 keys
46.1 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 04:31 UTC
109 keys
45.7 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
64.2 keys
55.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
86.9 keys
75.6 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
108 keys
94.2 keys
25 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
84.6 keys
73.6 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 15:12 UTC
105 keys
91.2 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 11:10 UTC
117 keys
101 keys
16 AUG 2026 · 23:11 UTC
114 keys
99.3 keys
Price history in numbers
43 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Hong Kong Cone's sell price ranged from 114 keys to 117 keys and is down 2.0% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 64.2 keys to 143 keys (down 8.2%). Today's 114 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 64.2 keys (1 Jul 2026) and the highest 143 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 41 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.