Community price on backpack.tf: 48.0 keys, last changed 2018-12-27 (7.8y ago). The live quote above, 22.9 keys, is 52% lower and last moved 23d 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: $334.66 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:39 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 22 keys, 55.22 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 Black Watch”, 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.
Searing Plasma Black Watch sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-08: 49 observations, from 48.3 keys to 12.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
48.3 keys
39.6 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:53 UTC
48.3 keys
39.5 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:35 UTC
46.2 keys
41.5 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:43 UTC
41.8 keys
37.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:44 UTC
47.7 keys
42.9 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 18:47 UTC
51.3 keys
41.9 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 11:09 UTC
49.5 keys
41.7 keys
13 JAN 2026 · 14:11 UTC
42.0 keys
25.8 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 04:09 UTC
41.1 keys
24.8 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
29.7 keys
25.8 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 13:13 UTC
32.3 keys
28.1 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
24.1 keys
21.0 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
24.3 keys
21.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
12.8 keys
11.2 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
24.3 keys
21.1 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
24.5 keys
21.3 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 11:22 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
14.2 keys
12.4 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 10:07 UTC
15.9 keys
13.9 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
22.9 keys
19.9 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
21.7 keys
18.8 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.2 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
Price history in numbers
49 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Black Watch's sell price ranged from 11.8 keys to 23.4 keys and is down 24.9% after 9 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.8 keys to 51.3 keys (down 72.7%). Today's 12.0 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.8 keys (7 Oct 2026) and the highest 51.3 keys (8 Dec 2025). The price has moved 48 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.