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Showstopper Taunt: Star-Spangled Strategy
Community price on backpack.tf: 3.30 keys, last changed 2025-09-18 (12mo ago). The live quote above, 3.00 keys, is 9% lower and last moved 19d 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: $45.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Showstopper effect when we looked on 2026-08-29 01:29 UTC (8d 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 3 keys 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 Taunt: Star-Spangled Strategy”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
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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.
| Observed (UTC) | Sell | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC | 3.23 keys | 2.60 keys |
| 30 SEP 2025 · 22:57 UTC | 3.27 keys | 2.67 keys |
| 9 OCT 2025 · 10:28 UTC | 3.12 keys | 2.76 keys |
| 19 OCT 2025 · 22:26 UTC | 2.98 keys | 2.67 keys |
| 25 OCT 2025 · 18:38 UTC | 2.85 keys | 2.58 keys |
| 10 NOV 2025 · 02:32 UTC | 2.78 keys | 2.51 keys |
| 8 MAR 2026 · 00:43 UTC | 3.12 keys | 2.61 keys |
| 21 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC | 3.17 keys | 1.49 keys |
| 28 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC | 3.02 keys | 1.44 keys |
| 3 MAY 2026 · 00:33 UTC | 2.97 keys | 1.69 keys |
| 10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC | 3.13 keys | 1.87 keys |
| 17 MAY 2026 · 20:35 UTC | 3.12 keys | 1.82 keys |
| 24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC | 3.15 keys | 1.86 keys |
| 9 JUN 2026 · 18:34 UTC | 3.11 keys | 1.82 keys |
| 18 JUN 2026 · 12:10 UTC | 3.08 keys | 1.78 keys |
| 22 JUN 2026 · 02:13 UTC | 3.27 keys | 1.99 keys |
| 10 JUL 2026 · 00:44 UTC | 2.02 keys | 1.75 keys |
| 15 JUL 2026 · 04:43 UTC | 2.30 keys | 2.03 keys |
| 17 AUG 2026 · 21:11 UTC | 3.00 keys | 2.06 keys |
Price history in numbers
19 readings since 25 Sep 2025The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 2.02 keys to 3.27 keys (down 7.0%). Today's 3.00 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 2.02 keys (10 Jul 2026) and the highest 3.27 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 18 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.
| Window | Low | High | Change | Moves | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 days | 2.02 keys | 3.27 keys | −3.5% | 5 | 6 |
| a year | 2.02 keys | 3.27 keys | −7.0% | 18 | 19 |
Details
| SKU | 31347;5;u3001 |
|---|---|
| Last price change | 2026-08-17 21:11 UTC |
| Key rate when recorded | 64.33 ref |
Same effect, other items
the effect across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 41.1 keys | 18d ago | |
| 18.0 keys | 3d ago | |
| 17.0 keys | 2d ago | |
| 14.4 keys | 10h ago | |
| 14.0 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 10.1 keys | 1d ago | |
| 9.87 keys | 3d ago | |
| 9.30 keys | 6d ago | |
| 8.84 keys | 4mo ago | |
| 8.61 keys | 18h ago |
Other effects on the Taunt: Star-Spangled Strategy
same item, different effect| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 27.8 keys | 4h ago | |
| 9.00 keys | 1mo ago | |
| 9.00 keys | 8mo ago | |
| 8.25 keys | 3mo ago | |
| 6.27 keys | 24d ago | |
| 5.42 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 5.37 keys | 17d ago | |
| 4.47 keys | 24d ago | |
| 4.27 keys | 19d ago | |
| 4.17 keys | 3d ago |
Priced similarly
across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 3.00 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 3.00 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 3.00 keys | 1mo ago | |
| 3.00 keys | 3mo ago | |
| 3.00 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 3.00 keys | 1mo ago | |
| 3.00 keys | 3mo ago | |
| 3.00 keys | 3mo ago |