Community price on backpack.tf: 160–200 keys, last changed 2024-04-02 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 189 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 3d 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: $575.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Orbiting Fire effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:36 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 188 keys, 63.77 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 Pencil Pusher”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
41 observations
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Orbiting Fire Pencil Pusher sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-02: 41 observations, from 206 keys to 189 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
206 keys
135 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:34 UTC
206 keys
135 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:17 UTC
197 keys
142 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:03 UTC
187 keys
135 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:23 UTC
178 keys
128 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:25 UTC
190 keys
136 keys
22 NOV 2025 · 02:37 UTC
178 keys
102 keys
27 APR 2026 · 10:31 UTC
165 keys
118 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 08:31 UTC
175 keys
67.2 keys
2 JUL 2026 · 11:13 UTC
163 keys
142 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
154 keys
134 keys
16 JUL 2026 · 10:43 UTC
164 keys
142 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
173 keys
150 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 07:11 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
181 keys
158 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
181 keys
158 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
181 keys
158 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
181 keys
158 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
181 keys
158 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
183 keys
159 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
183 keys
159 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
191 keys
166 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
190 keys
166 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
191 keys
166 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
189 keys
164 keys
Price history in numbers
41 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Orbiting Fire Pencil Pusher's sell price ranged from 181 keys to 191 keys and is up 3.8% after 26 moves. Over a year it ranged from 154 keys to 206 keys (down 8.3%). Today's 189 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 154 keys (9 Jul 2026) and the highest 206 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 40 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.
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