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Iridescence Thousand-Yard Stare

IridescenceUnusual5h ago
Sell price
69 keys, 48.44 ref
Buy price
60 keys, 42.11 ref
In keys
69.8 keys
In USD
$157.67 at the Steam key rate
Steam Market asking price
$234.46 asking, not sold · 2 listed

Community price on backpack.tf: 95.0 keys, last changed 2026-03-11 (6mo ago). The live quote above, 69.8 keys, is 27% lower and last moved 5h 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: $234.46 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Iridescence effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:34 UTC (3d 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 69 keys, 48.44 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 Thousand-Yard Stare”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.

Price history

46 observations

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Iridescence Thousand-Yard Stare sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 46 observations, from 107 keys to 69.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)SellBuy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC107 keys74.6 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:43 UTC106 keys75.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:14 UTC102 keys79.2 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:09 UTC96.7 keys75.4 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:18 UTC98.0 keys76.4 keys
22 NOV 2025 · 06:51 UTC100 keys50.4 keys
29 NOV 2025 · 12:56 UTC82.7 keys46.6 keys
3 FEB 2026 · 14:22 UTC83.3 keys18.1 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 06:23 UTC81.3 keys18.0 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 22:40 UTC79.5 keys18.4 keys
29 MAR 2026 · 06:06 UTC78.5 keys26.3 keys
29 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC82.4 keys69.0 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 02:33 UTC81.1 keys68.1 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC82.6 keys72.4 keys
22 MAY 2026 · 08:30 UTC82.7 keys71.7 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC82.5 keys71.4 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC76.3 keys63.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC72.6 keys65.2 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 13:12 UTC73.3 keys63.7 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 14:45 UTC47.5 keys41.3 keys
18 JUL 2026 · 10:45 UTC48.7 keys42.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC48.0 keys41.7 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC49.9 keys43.4 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC67.1 keys58.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC16.4 keys14.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC16.5 keys14.3 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC16.5 keys14.4 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC67.7 keys58.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC64.6 keys56.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC67.9 keys59.0 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC67.9 keys59.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC73.0 keys63.5 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC67.3 keys58.5 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC65.6 keys57.0 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC65.8 keys57.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC66.4 keys57.7 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC69.5 keys60.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC68.9 keys59.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC68.7 keys59.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC69.8 keys60.7 keys

Price history in numbers

46 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Iridescence Thousand-Yard Stare's sell price ranged from 16.4 keys to 76.1 keys and is up 38.1% after 19 moves. Over a year it ranged from 16.4 keys to 107 keys (down 34.5%). Today's 69.8 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 16.4 keys (22 Aug 2026) and the highest 107 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 45 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.

WindowLowHighChangeMovesReadings
30 days16.4 keys76.1 keys+38.1%1920
90 days16.4 keys76.3 keys−8.5%2728
a year16.4 keys107 keys−34.5%4546

Details

SKU31200;5;u188
Last price change2026-09-05 14:09 UTC
Key rate when recorded63.11 ref

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