Community price on backpack.tf: 23.0–24.0 keys, last changed 2025-02-20 (1.5y ago). The live quote above, 23.1 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $60.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Sizzling 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 23 keys, 7.66 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 Polar Charger”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
20 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.
Sizzling Polar Charger sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 20 observations, from 24.5 keys to 23.1 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
24.5 keys
20.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 23:04 UTC
24.5 keys
20.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:35 UTC
23.4 keys
21.0 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:33 UTC
22.3 keys
20.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:45 UTC
21.2 keys
19.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:40 UTC
20.2 keys
18.2 keys
25 MAR 2026 · 06:08 UTC
40.1 keys
17.2 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
34.8 keys
18.0 keys
12 APR 2026 · 14:31 UTC
40.1 keys
10.8 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
29.8 keys
16.9 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 12:31 UTC
26.1 keys
17.3 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
29.2 keys
18.9 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC
22.0 keys
18.9 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
21.9 keys
19.0 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 10:32 UTC
21.4 keys
15.3 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
33.7 keys
15.7 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:33 UTC
29.0 keys
15.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
37.8 keys
18.0 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
23.3 keys
20.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
Price history in numbers
20 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Sizzling Polar Charger's sell price ranged from 23.1 keys to 23.3 keys and is down 0.7% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 20.2 keys to 40.1 keys (down 5.6%). Today's 23.1 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 20.2 keys (10 Nov 2025) and the highest 40.1 keys (12 Apr 2026). The price has moved 19 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.