Community price on backpack.tf: 24.0 keys, last changed 2023-12-08 (2.7y ago). The live quote above, 29.5 keys, is 23% higher 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: $107.93 — the lowest of one listing for the Blizzardy Storm 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 29 keys, 32.66 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 Shoestring Santa”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
18 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.
Blizzardy Storm Shoestring Santa sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-03: 18 observations, from 24.5 keys to 29.5 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
24.5 keys
20.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:38 UTC
24.5 keys
20.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:10 UTC
23.4 keys
21.0 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:04 UTC
22.3 keys
20.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:19 UTC
21.2 keys
19.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:15 UTC
21.7 keys
19.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
11.4 keys
9.87 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 01:12 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 15:12 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
13.8 keys
12.0 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
13.5 keys
11.8 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
20.6 keys
17.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
22.0 keys
19.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
30.3 keys
26.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
30.2 keys
26.3 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
27.3 keys
23.7 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
29.5 keys
25.7 keys
Price history in numbers
18 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Blizzardy Storm Shoestring Santa's sell price ranged from 22.0 keys to 30.3 keys and is up 34.2% after 4 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.4 keys to 30.3 keys (up 20.5%). Today's 29.5 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.4 keys (22 Jun 2026) and the highest 30.3 keys (21 Aug 2026). The price has moved 17 times since we began recording it — about once every 20 days.