Community price on backpack.tf: 20.0–22.0 keys, last changed 2023-10-09 (2.9y ago). The live quote above, 15.8 keys, is 21% lower and last moved 4h 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: $44.04 — the lowest of one listing for the Massed Flies effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:26 UTC (3d 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 15 keys, 47.77 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 Law”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
53 observations
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Massed Flies Law sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 53 observations, from 23.8 keys to 15.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.8 keys
16.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:08 UTC
22.7 keys
16.9 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:38 UTC
20.7 keys
16.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:00 UTC
19.7 keys
16.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:00 UTC
20.8 keys
17.0 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 08:40 UTC
17.5 keys
10.7 keys
20 FEB 2026 · 10:41 UTC
18.7 keys
12.3 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 12:41 UTC
17.6 keys
11.6 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
17.3 keys
10.7 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
17.1 keys
12.0 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 18:07 UTC
18.3 keys
12.1 keys
2 JUN 2026 · 10:30 UTC
20.2 keys
13.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
16.5 keys
14.4 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
16.5 keys
14.4 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 18:45 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
16.5 keys
14.4 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 19:11 UTC
14.2 keys
12.3 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
16.0 keys
14.0 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:07 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
16.6 keys
14.4 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
Price history in numbers
53 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Massed Flies Law's sell price ranged from 14.2 keys to 17.2 keys and is down 1.7% after 30 moves. Over a year it ranged from 14.2 keys to 23.8 keys (down 33.7%). Today's 15.8 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 14.2 keys (11 Aug 2026) and the highest 23.8 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 52 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.