Community price on backpack.tf: 19.0 keys, last changed 2025-07-29 (1.1y ago). The live quote above, 15.0 keys, is 21% lower and last moved 23h 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: $42.78 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Steaming 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 14 keys, 61.88 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
59 observations
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Steaming Modest Pile of Hat sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 59 observations, from 20.5 keys to 15.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
20.5 keys
16.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:18 UTC
20.5 keys
16.8 keys
12 OCT 2025 · 22:56 UTC
20.6 keys
12.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:45 UTC
19.6 keys
12.8 keys
2 NOV 2025 · 22:32 UTC
18.6 keys
13.5 keys
9 NOV 2025 · 22:26 UTC
19.6 keys
14.7 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:36 UTC
20.3 keys
16.9 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:48 UTC
20.3 keys
17.4 keys
17 DEC 2025 · 10:43 UTC
21.0 keys
18.5 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 15:08 UTC
21.2 keys
18.7 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 14:45 UTC
19.7 keys
18.8 keys
14 JAN 2026 · 08:01 UTC
18.6 keys
10.4 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
18.1 keys
10.5 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:43 UTC
17.3 keys
10.2 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:39 UTC
16.2 keys
14.6 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:40 UTC
15.3 keys
14.0 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:41 UTC
14.9 keys
12.5 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
15.8 keys
14.8 keys
5 APR 2026 · 22:28 UTC
15.9 keys
11.7 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:29 UTC
15.7 keys
12.7 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
15.1 keys
9.80 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
14.5 keys
10.5 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
15.3 keys
11.5 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
15.2 keys
11.3 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
15.2 keys
13.0 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
15.1 keys
13.6 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 11:12 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 12:46 UTC
13.5 keys
11.7 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
13.4 keys
10.6 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
13.5 keys
11.8 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
13.5 keys
11.7 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:07 UTC
14.0 keys
12.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
14.2 keys
12.4 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.8 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
Price history in numbers
59 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Modest Pile of Hat's sell price ranged from 12.3 keys to 17.0 keys and is down 11.7% after 14 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.8 keys to 21.3 keys (down 27.0%). Today's 15.0 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.8 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 21.3 keys (5 Oct 2025). The price has moved 57 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.
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