Community price on backpack.tf: 9.00–10.0 keys, last changed 2018-05-22 (8.4y ago). The live quote above, 16.2 keys, is 80% 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 under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $44.78 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:36 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 16 keys, 15.11 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 Brain Bucket”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
93 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.
Steaming Brain Bucket sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 93 observations, from 10.2 keys to 15.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
10.2 keys
7.48 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 07:55 UTC
9.70 keys
7.85 keys
9 NOV 2025 · 23:59 UTC
9.29 keys
7.52 keys
28 NOV 2025 · 04:44 UTC
17.6 keys
10.3 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 14:42 UTC
19.5 keys
10.5 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 06:47 UTC
17.9 keys
12.3 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
15.2 keys
10.5 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 06:41 UTC
15.2 keys
11.3 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
14.9 keys
11.2 keys
2 APR 2026 · 04:29 UTC
16.3 keys
6.69 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 00:30 UTC
15.3 keys
9.59 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
16.1 keys
10.6 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 23:12 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
8.07 keys
7.02 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.5 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 04:07 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
14.2 keys
12.4 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 00:07 UTC
14.2 keys
12.3 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:10 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 10:07 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 00:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.1 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 15:09 UTC
16.0 keys
14.0 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 01:08 UTC
15.9 keys
13.9 keys
Price history in numbers
93 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Brain Bucket's sell price ranged from 12.8 keys to 17.1 keys and is up 24.7% after 41 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.34 keys to 19.8 keys (up 72.7%). Today's 15.9 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.34 keys (27 Aug 2026) and the highest 19.8 keys (15 Dec 2025). The price has moved 92 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.