Community price on backpack.tf: 50.0 keys, last changed 2023-11-14 (2.9y ago). The live quote above, 62.4 keys, is 25% higher and last moved 15d 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: $390.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Scorching Flames effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:36 UTC (7d 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 62 keys, 27.22 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 Cadaver's Cranium”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
103 observations
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Scorching Flames Cadaver's Cranium sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 103 observations, from 49.5 keys to 63.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
49.5 keys
40.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:29 UTC
44.9 keys
40.4 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:51 UTC
45.3 keys
40.7 keys
14 MAY 2026 · 20:30 UTC
59.0 keys
49.5 keys
27 MAY 2026 · 14:29 UTC
58.5 keys
49.0 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 18:11 UTC
57.9 keys
48.7 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 09:11 UTC
58.3 keys
50.7 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
62.8 keys
54.6 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 12:32 UTC
47.3 keys
41.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
38.7 keys
33.7 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
35.9 keys
31.2 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
34.6 keys
30.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
35.5 keys
30.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
47.2 keys
41.1 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
47.8 keys
41.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
48.9 keys
42.5 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
49.9 keys
43.4 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
50.0 keys
43.5 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
50.9 keys
44.2 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
51.1 keys
44.4 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
51.5 keys
44.8 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
52.3 keys
45.5 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
53.9 keys
46.9 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
55.0 keys
47.8 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 06:07 UTC
56.4 keys
49.1 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
57.1 keys
49.7 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
58.2 keys
50.6 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
60.3 keys
52.4 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC
61.1 keys
53.1 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
62.4 keys
54.3 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 13:13 UTC
62.1 keys
54.0 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
62.6 keys
54.4 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
62.4 keys
54.3 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
62.8 keys
54.6 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
62.7 keys
54.6 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
62.8 keys
54.6 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
63.4 keys
55.1 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
63.6 keys
55.3 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 13:08 UTC
63.7 keys
55.4 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 01:08 UTC
63.1 keys
54.9 keys
Price history in numbers
103 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Scorching Flames Cadaver's Cranium's sell price ranged from 51.6 keys to 63.7 keys and is up 22.3% after 48 moves. Over a year it ranged from 34.6 keys to 67.3 keys (up 40.5%). Today's 63.1 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 34.6 keys (30 Aug 2026) and the highest 67.3 keys (21 Nov 2025). The price has moved 102 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.