Community price on backpack.tf: 37.0 keys, last changed 2023-07-26 (3.1y ago). The live quote above, 11.0 keys, is 70% lower 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: $68.56 — the lowest of one listing for the Eyes of Molten effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:48 UTC (2d 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 10 keys, 61.77 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 Optic Nerve”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
52 observations
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Eyes of Molten Optic Nerve sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-01: 52 observations, from 38.3 keys to 11.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
38.3 keys
31.4 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:46 UTC
37.3 keys
30.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:11 UTC
33.9 keys
30.5 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:26 UTC
32.3 keys
29.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:20 UTC
35.1 keys
31.6 keys
22 NOV 2025 · 06:51 UTC
33.9 keys
26.1 keys
3 DEC 2025 · 05:02 UTC
33.9 keys
29.6 keys
12 DEC 2025 · 13:01 UTC
34.4 keys
30.1 keys
16 DEC 2025 · 18:57 UTC
35.0 keys
27.4 keys
14 JAN 2026 · 10:25 UTC
30.6 keys
15.8 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 19:25 UTC
30.6 keys
9.99 keys
2 FEB 2026 · 12:23 UTC
28.1 keys
22.7 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
28.4 keys
17.6 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
28.1 keys
23.5 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:43 UTC
27.9 keys
23.7 keys
23 MAR 2026 · 12:07 UTC
29.1 keys
25.4 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
33.4 keys
26.3 keys
11 APR 2026 · 10:30 UTC
32.9 keys
26.3 keys
29 APR 2026 · 02:31 UTC
31.9 keys
25.8 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
31.4 keys
27.0 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
33.3 keys
28.7 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:35 UTC
32.7 keys
28.7 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 08:32 UTC
33.0 keys
28.6 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 20:33 UTC
32.5 keys
28.3 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 06:30 UTC
31.3 keys
18.9 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
27.3 keys
23.7 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 12:46 UTC
9.48 keys
8.24 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
9.95 keys
8.67 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 15:12 UTC
11.0 keys
9.58 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 10:11 UTC
21.0 keys
18.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.57 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.57 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.58 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
11.0 keys
9.58 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.58 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.58 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
11.1 keys
9.63 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
11.3 keys
9.82 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.63 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.54 keys
Price history in numbers
52 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Eyes of Molten Optic Nerve's sell price ranged from 11.0 keys to 21.0 keys and is down 47.7% after 13 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.48 keys to 38.3 keys (down 71.3%). Today's 11.0 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.48 keys (10 Jul 2026) and the highest 38.3 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 49 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.