Community price on backpack.tf: 105–150 keys, last changed 2018-06-05 (8.3y ago). The live quote above, 44.7 keys, is 57% lower and last moved 8d 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: $1544.81 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:35 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 44 keys, 44 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 Snowmann”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
18 observations
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Bubbling Snowmann sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-29: 18 observations, from 149 keys to 44.7 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
149 keys
85.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:44 UTC
149 keys
85.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:23 UTC
142 keys
89.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:14 UTC
135 keys
85.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:33 UTC
129 keys
81.3 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:33 UTC
132 keys
83.4 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 19:13 UTC
40.4 keys
35.2 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
48.9 keys
42.5 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
45.8 keys
39.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
64.0 keys
55.7 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
67.5 keys
58.7 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
71.0 keys
61.7 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
58.2 keys
50.5 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
74.0 keys
64.4 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
45.4 keys
39.5 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
44.4 keys
38.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
44.6 keys
38.8 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
44.7 keys
38.9 keys
Price history in numbers
18 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Snowmann's sell price ranged from 44.4 keys to 74.0 keys and is down 39.6% after 4 moves. Over a year it ranged from 40.4 keys to 149 keys (down 70.1%). Today's 44.7 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 40.4 keys (22 Jun 2026) and the highest 149 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 17 times since we began recording it — about once every 20 days.