Community price on backpack.tf: 14.0–15.0 keys, last changed 2023-08-02 (3.2y ago). The live quote above, 18.3 keys, is 30% higher and last moved 12d 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $51.68 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:41 UTC (6h 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 18 keys, 16.22 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 Blast Defense”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
82 observations
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Steaming Blast Defense sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 82 observations, from 16.2 keys to 17.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.2 keys
11.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:26 UTC
15.5 keys
13.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:35 UTC
14.1 keys
11.9 keys
24 NOV 2025 · 14:45 UTC
23.6 keys
18.8 keys
11 DEC 2025 · 18:54 UTC
25.9 keys
19.5 keys
7 JAN 2026 · 11:41 UTC
23.5 keys
19.1 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
21.0 keys
19.1 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
19.3 keys
18.5 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
19.5 keys
19.3 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
20.6 keys
13.3 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
21.8 keys
15.6 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
20.0 keys
16.6 keys
29 APR 2026 · 02:30 UTC
20.2 keys
15.0 keys
15 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
18.3 keys
16.9 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
18.4 keys
17.3 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 12:33 UTC
19.8 keys
19.2 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
26 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
20.3 keys
17.7 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
18.8 keys
16.4 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
19.3 keys
16.8 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
19.8 keys
17.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 10:11 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 00:09 UTC
18.1 keys
15.8 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 15:12 UTC
18.7 keys
16.3 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 05:11 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
17.3 keys
15.1 keys
Price history in numbers
82 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Blast Defense's sell price ranged from 15.7 keys to 19.0 keys and is up 7.3% after 23 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.7 keys to 25.9 keys (up 17.3%). Today's 17.3 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.7 keys (19 Aug 2026) and the highest 25.9 keys (11 Dec 2025). The price has moved 81 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.