Community price on backpack.tf: 13.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-21 (16d ago). The live quote above, 12.3 keys, is 5% lower and last moved 18h 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: $56.73 — the lowest of 3 listings for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:54 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 12 keys, 19.33 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 Throttlehead”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
49 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.
Vivid Plasma Throttlehead sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 49 observations, from 15.8 keys to 12.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
15.8 keys
9.68 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:52 UTC
15.9 keys
8.91 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:23 UTC
15.2 keys
9.33 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:32 UTC
13.7 keys
8.53 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:27 UTC
14.5 keys
8.95 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 16:48 UTC
11.7 keys
8.55 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:53 UTC
12.5 keys
9.31 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 02:54 UTC
12.4 keys
9.78 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:53 UTC
12.4 keys
10.3 keys
3 JAN 2026 · 14:59 UTC
12.7 keys
10.6 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 15:42 UTC
11.7 keys
10.7 keys
23 JAN 2026 · 17:46 UTC
11.7 keys
10.7 keys
2 FEB 2026 · 16:25 UTC
11.6 keys
9.66 keys
9 FEB 2026 · 06:42 UTC
11.4 keys
9.57 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 04:42 UTC
12.2 keys
9.74 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
11.4 keys
7.57 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:44 UTC
11.2 keys
9.21 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
12.0 keys
8.24 keys
23 APR 2026 · 08:32 UTC
11.7 keys
8.44 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
11.0 keys
9.33 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 06:33 UTC
12.4 keys
10.5 keys
23 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
12.3 keys
10.3 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
12.5 keys
10.5 keys
17 JUN 2026 · 22:09 UTC
12.2 keys
9.21 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
12.6 keys
9.72 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
11.4 keys
9.91 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 19:12 UTC
11.4 keys
9.92 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 14:45 UTC
9.43 keys
8.20 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
11.6 keys
10.0 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
8.88 keys
7.72 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
11.9 keys
10.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
Price history in numbers
49 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Throttlehead's sell price ranged from 8.88 keys to 13.2 keys and is down 7.0% after 10 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.88 keys to 15.9 keys (down 22.4%). Today's 12.3 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.88 keys (20 Aug 2026) and the highest 15.9 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 47 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.
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