Community price on backpack.tf: 17.0 keys, last changed 2020-07-14 (6.1y ago). The live quote above, 8.95 keys, is 47% lower and last moved 9h 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: $32.00 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:34 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 8 keys, 58.77 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 Toy Soldier”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
46 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.
Searing Plasma Toy Soldier sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 46 observations, from 17.5 keys to 8.95 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
17.5 keys
14.4 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:10 UTC
17.5 keys
14.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:52 UTC
16.8 keys
15.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:40 UTC
16.0 keys
14.4 keys
2 NOV 2025 · 08:06 UTC
11.5 keys
6.74 keys
9 NOV 2025 · 18:02 UTC
12.3 keys
9.50 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:40 UTC
11.9 keys
10.1 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:42 UTC
12.7 keys
10.9 keys
5 DEC 2025 · 08:53 UTC
13.1 keys
7.80 keys
26 DEC 2025 · 03:06 UTC
12.8 keys
7.79 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 14:49 UTC
11.2 keys
7.33 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 07:37 UTC
11.0 keys
6.90 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
10.8 keys
8.25 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 03:44 UTC
10.1 keys
8.33 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 11:43 UTC
9.27 keys
7.99 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
8.75 keys
6.31 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 00:40 UTC
8.92 keys
6.36 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
12.9 keys
8.74 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
12.7 keys
8.68 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
12.5 keys
6.87 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 02:06 UTC
13.4 keys
9.11 keys
30 MAR 2026 · 02:07 UTC
13.7 keys
8.86 keys
5 APR 2026 · 22:29 UTC
13.7 keys
7.65 keys
19 APR 2026 · 12:30 UTC
13.9 keys
6.61 keys
26 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
13.2 keys
8.96 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 00:32 UTC
13.0 keys
8.82 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 14:31 UTC
15.2 keys
9.46 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
15.2 keys
9.61 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
15.1 keys
9.59 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
15.3 keys
7.33 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
14.9 keys
9.86 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 03:13 UTC
10.9 keys
9.50 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
11.2 keys
9.74 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 07:12 UTC
9.79 keys
8.51 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 18:45 UTC
7.22 keys
6.27 keys
31 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
11.9 keys
8.24 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
11.1 keys
9.73 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 00:34 UTC
7.66 keys
6.66 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
9.71 keys
6.82 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
8.95 keys
7.78 keys
Price history in numbers
46 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Toy Soldier's sell price ranged from 7.66 keys to 11.1 keys and is down 19.7% after 3 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.22 keys to 17.5 keys (down 48.9%). Today's 8.95 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.22 keys (22 Jul 2026) and the highest 17.5 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 45 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.
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