Community price on backpack.tf: 22.0–25.0 keys, last changed 2024-04-05 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 27.4 keys, is 24% higher and last moved 5d 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: $57.26 — the lowest of one listing for the Stormy Storm effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:48 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 27 keys, 23.77 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 Hotrod”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
28 observations
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Stormy Storm Hotrod sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-31: 28 observations, from 24.9 keys to 27.4 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
24.9 keys
18.7 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:18 UTC
24.9 keys
17.9 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:03 UTC
23.8 keys
18.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:48 UTC
22.7 keys
17.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:07 UTC
21.6 keys
17.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:08 UTC
22.4 keys
17.7 keys
17 JUN 2026 · 16:09 UTC
24.7 keys
20.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 02:10 UTC
26.2 keys
22.0 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
25.0 keys
21.7 keys
28 JUL 2026 · 00:44 UTC
25.8 keys
22.5 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
27.2 keys
23.6 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
27.3 keys
23.7 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
27.3 keys
23.8 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
27.3 keys
23.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 16:10 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
27.3 keys
23.8 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
27.4 keys
23.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
27.5 keys
23.9 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
Price history in numbers
28 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Stormy Storm Hotrod's sell price ranged from 27.3 keys to 27.5 keys and is down 0.3% after 16 moves. Over a year it ranged from 21.6 keys to 27.5 keys (up 9.8%). Today's 27.4 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 21.6 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 27.5 keys (28 Aug 2026). The price has moved 27 times since we began recording it — about once every 13 days.
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