Community price on backpack.tf: 40.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-09 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 25.0 keys, is 38% 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: $109.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:46 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 24 keys, 60.11 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 Modest Pile of Hat”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
66 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 Modest Pile of Hat sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-03: 66 observations, from 31.9 keys to 25.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
31.9 keys
26.6 keys
5 OCT 2025 · 14:12 UTC
33.6 keys
27.3 keys
12 OCT 2025 · 16:57 UTC
33.9 keys
28.2 keys
29 OCT 2025 · 00:01 UTC
30.4 keys
23.7 keys
9 NOV 2025 · 16:01 UTC
31.3 keys
25.8 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 08:31 UTC
31.5 keys
26.0 keys
2 DEC 2025 · 00:47 UTC
31.1 keys
28.4 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 06:38 UTC
33.5 keys
29.3 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:05 UTC
33.9 keys
29.6 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 20:43 UTC
31.5 keys
26.7 keys
23 JAN 2026 · 11:43 UTC
29.3 keys
25.1 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 11:42 UTC
27.1 keys
24.0 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 02:39 UTC
28.4 keys
25.2 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
26.5 keys
23.5 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 16:41 UTC
26.2 keys
23.2 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 00:05 UTC
27.8 keys
20.7 keys
12 APR 2026 · 20:29 UTC
28.0 keys
18.6 keys
19 APR 2026 · 18:30 UTC
28.5 keys
18.9 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 04:30 UTC
26.3 keys
20.3 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
27.8 keys
22.3 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 18:29 UTC
27.7 keys
22.3 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 14:30 UTC
26.8 keys
22.3 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:10 UTC
27.1 keys
19.5 keys
3 JUL 2026 · 07:49 UTC
25.8 keys
22.5 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 12:46 UTC
25.5 keys
22.2 keys
7 AUG 2026 · 07:14 UTC
27.3 keys
23.8 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 09:10 UTC
27.7 keys
24.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
24.7 keys
21.4 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
24.7 keys
21.4 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
24.8 keys
21.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
25.1 keys
21.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
25.2 keys
21.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
25.3 keys
22.0 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
25.3 keys
22.0 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
25.6 keys
22.3 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
25.7 keys
22.3 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
25.7 keys
22.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
25.7 keys
22.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
25.7 keys
22.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
25.0 keys
21.7 keys
Price history in numbers
66 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Modest Pile of Hat's sell price ranged from 24.7 keys to 27.7 keys and is down 8.6% after 23 moves. Over a year it ranged from 24.5 keys to 34.5 keys (down 21.8%). Today's 25.0 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 24.5 keys (8 Jul 2026) and the highest 34.5 keys (8 Dec 2025). The price has moved 65 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.