Community price on backpack.tf: 21.0–24.0 keys, last changed 2024-06-04 (2.3y ago). The live quote above, 20.7 keys, is 2% lower and last moved 29d 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: $59.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:24 UTC (4d 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 20 keys, 42.88 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 Neckwear Headwear”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
37 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.
Vivid Plasma Neckwear Headwear sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-07: 37 observations, from 23.9 keys to 20.7 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
23.9 keys
17.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:09 UTC
23.8 keys
17.9 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:51 UTC
22.8 keys
18.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:39 UTC
21.7 keys
17.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:01 UTC
20.6 keys
17.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:02 UTC
21.8 keys
18.0 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 00:38 UTC
19.3 keys
9.69 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:42 UTC
20.7 keys
10.1 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:55 UTC
20.0 keys
10.5 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:50 UTC
20.3 keys
11.0 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:44 UTC
23.4 keys
11.5 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:08 UTC
19.9 keys
11.8 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 02:53 UTC
20.0 keys
17.3 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:53 UTC
19.7 keys
17.7 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 23:39 UTC
17.6 keys
16.3 keys
17 JAN 2026 · 20:11 UTC
17.8 keys
15.1 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
22.7 keys
15.5 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 12:40 UTC
20.6 keys
17.2 keys
24 FEB 2026 · 06:41 UTC
19.0 keys
16.1 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
18.6 keys
14.8 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
18.2 keys
15.0 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
24.0 keys
17.0 keys
21 APR 2026 · 06:31 UTC
22.2 keys
16.4 keys
29 APR 2026 · 04:30 UTC
21.1 keys
15.6 keys
4 MAY 2026 · 02:31 UTC
20.8 keys
15.4 keys
9 MAY 2026 · 00:32 UTC
22.1 keys
16.5 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 00:32 UTC
19.7 keys
16.5 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 10:30 UTC
19.3 keys
16.7 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
19.0 keys
11.4 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 10:30 UTC
18.7 keys
15.6 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 10:31 UTC
18.2 keys
15.5 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 19:13 UTC
18.5 keys
16.0 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 15:13 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
18.0 keys
15.7 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
7 AUG 2026 · 11:13 UTC
20.7 keys
18.0 keys
Price history in numbers
37 readings since 25 Sep 2025
The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 14.3 keys to 24.0 keys (down 13.4%). Today's 20.7 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 14.3 keys (30 Jun 2026) and the highest 24.0 keys (15 Mar 2026). The price has moved 36 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.