Community price on backpack.tf: 18.0 keys, last changed 2026-01-24 (7mo ago). The live quote above, 14.3 keys, is 20% lower and last moved 20h 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: $81.91 — the lowest of one listing for the Bee Swarm effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:35 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 14 keys, 21.77 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 Sophisticated Smoker”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
57 observations
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Bee Swarm Sophisticated Smoker sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 57 observations, from 25.6 keys to 14.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
25.6 keys
20.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:29 UTC
25.6 keys
20.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:56 UTC
23.3 keys
20.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:14 UTC
22.2 keys
19.2 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 03:12 UTC
23.3 keys
17.3 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 22:57 UTC
20.6 keys
17.1 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 21:38 UTC
17.7 keys
9.91 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 17:20 UTC
17.9 keys
10.0 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
17.6 keys
12.3 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
16.1 keys
13.0 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 18:42 UTC
17.1 keys
14.8 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 12:42 UTC
15.6 keys
13.3 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:43 UTC
15.4 keys
11.5 keys
27 MAR 2026 · 08:06 UTC
16.3 keys
10.1 keys
1 APR 2026 · 02:31 UTC
16.7 keys
8.57 keys
18 APR 2026 · 18:32 UTC
16.7 keys
13.8 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
15.9 keys
11.6 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 10:32 UTC
15.7 keys
12.6 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 14:33 UTC
15.2 keys
9.56 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 06:31 UTC
15.1 keys
9.52 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 14:32 UTC
15.1 keys
7.98 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
14.6 keys
11.7 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 01:12 UTC
11.2 keys
9.71 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
9.47 keys
8.22 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 22:45 UTC
14.0 keys
12.2 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
16.7 keys
14.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
18.7 keys
16.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
17.7 keys
15.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
16.6 keys
14.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
Price history in numbers
57 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bee Swarm Sophisticated Smoker's sell price ranged from 14.3 keys to 18.9 keys and is down 13.8% after 18 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.47 keys to 26.2 keys (down 44.0%). Today's 14.3 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.47 keys (12 Jul 2026) and the highest 26.2 keys (10 Nov 2025). The price has moved 56 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.