Community price on backpack.tf: 206 keys, last changed 2026-02-25 (8mo ago). The live quote above, 147 keys, is 29% 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: $544.76 — the lowest of one listing for the Orbiting Fire effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:37 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 147 keys, 17.88 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 Brainiac Hairpiece”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
22 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.
Orbiting Fire Brainiac Hairpiece sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-07: 22 observations, from 172 keys to 154 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
172 keys
120 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:07 UTC
170 keys
119 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:48 UTC
163 keys
125 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:37 UTC
155 keys
119 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:58 UTC
148 keys
113 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:59 UTC
151 keys
117 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
160 keys
139 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
171 keys
148 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
163 keys
142 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
164 keys
143 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
124 keys
108 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
139 keys
121 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
151 keys
131 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
152 keys
132 keys
15 AUG 2026 · 23:11 UTC
137 keys
119 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
147 keys
128 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
152 keys
133 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
154 keys
134 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
157 keys
137 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
161 keys
140 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
159 keys
138 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
154 keys
134 keys
Price history in numbers
22 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Orbiting Fire Brainiac Hairpiece's sell price ranged from 147 keys to 161 keys and is up 4.8% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 124 keys to 171 keys (down 0.4%). Today's 154 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 124 keys (19 Jul 2026) and the highest 172 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 21 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.