Community price on backpack.tf: 10.0–11.0 keys, last changed 2020-07-11 (6.3y ago). The live quote above, 15.8 keys, is 58% higher and last moved 11d 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: $69.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Abduction effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:38 UTC (5h 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 15 keys, 51.11 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 A Head Full of Hot Air”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
117 observations
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Abduction A Head Full of Hot Air sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-10: 117 observations, from 12.2 keys to 8.63 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
12.2 keys
8.33 keys
12 OCT 2025 · 09:33 UTC
17.7 keys
15.3 keys
2 NOV 2025 · 22:32 UTC
15.9 keys
13.5 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:51 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 11:44 UTC
15.7 keys
10.3 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:42 UTC
14.1 keys
9.48 keys
18 APR 2026 · 18:31 UTC
15.3 keys
10.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
14.0 keys
12.2 keys
18 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
8.59 keys
7.47 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
15.1 keys
13.2 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.5 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 04:07 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 02:11 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 12:07 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
16.5 keys
14.4 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
16.6 keys
14.4 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 06:11 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
17.1 keys
14.9 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
16.0 keys
14.0 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
17.9 keys
15.6 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
8.63 keys
7.50 keys
Price history in numbers
117 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Abduction A Head Full of Hot Air's sell price ranged from 8.63 keys to 17.9 keys and is down 43.6% after 66 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.23 keys to 18.4 keys (down 48.4%). Today's 8.63 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.23 keys (18 Aug 2026) and the highest 18.4 keys (8 Dec 2025). The price has moved 115 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.