Community price on backpack.tf: 16.0 keys, last changed 2025-06-01 (1.3y ago). The live quote above, 8.62 keys, is 46% lower and last moved 2d 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: $51.98 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-05 01:24 UTC (16h 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 8 keys, 40.22 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 Hot Spaniel”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
26 observations
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Vivid Plasma Hot Spaniel sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-03: 26 observations, from 15.8 keys to 8.62 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
15.8 keys
13.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 23:04 UTC
15.9 keys
13.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:35 UTC
15.2 keys
13.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:33 UTC
14.4 keys
13.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:45 UTC
13.7 keys
12.4 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:40 UTC
14.4 keys
12.9 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 20:43 UTC
13.1 keys
8.15 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:43 UTC
13.0 keys
7.55 keys
10 MAR 2026 · 08:11 UTC
12.9 keys
6.12 keys
20 MAR 2026 · 12:07 UTC
12.8 keys
7.87 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 16:09 UTC
14.0 keys
8.32 keys
5 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
14.0 keys
8.20 keys
15 APR 2026 · 04:32 UTC
13.7 keys
7.17 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 17:15 UTC
9.69 keys
8.44 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 09:12 UTC
9.49 keys
8.26 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 16:46 UTC
10.0 keys
8.75 keys
30 JUL 2026 · 22:43 UTC
10.1 keys
8.79 keys
7 AUG 2026 · 03:13 UTC
8.41 keys
7.31 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
10.5 keys
9.13 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
8.45 keys
7.35 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
6.86 keys
5.96 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:10 UTC
8.57 keys
7.45 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
8.58 keys
7.47 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
8.52 keys
7.41 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
8.51 keys
7.40 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
8.62 keys
7.50 keys
Price history in numbers
26 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Hot Spaniel's sell price ranged from 6.86 keys to 10.5 keys and is up 2.6% after 8 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.86 keys to 15.9 keys (down 45.6%). Today's 8.62 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.86 keys (24 Aug 2026) and the highest 15.9 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 24 times since we began recording it — about once every 14 days.