Community price on backpack.tf: 8.50–10.0 keys, last changed 2020-05-16 (6.4y ago). The live quote above, 12.9 keys, is 52% higher and last moved 11d 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: $42.55 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:35 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 12 keys, 57.33 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 Desert Marauder”, 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.
Bubbling Desert Marauder sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 49 observations, from 10.2 keys to 13.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
10.2 keys
7.02 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:31 UTC
10.2 keys
7.06 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:14 UTC
9.72 keys
7.39 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:19 UTC
8.80 keys
6.75 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:21 UTC
9.22 keys
7.02 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
16.8 keys
12.8 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
15.2 keys
12.7 keys
10 FEB 2026 · 08:41 UTC
13.8 keys
11.9 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 02:39 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:40 UTC
13.6 keys
9.81 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
14.3 keys
10.7 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 20:29 UTC
16.0 keys
11.7 keys
2 JUN 2026 · 06:30 UTC
16.2 keys
10.5 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
16.0 keys
10.4 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 06:29 UTC
15.8 keys
10.5 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 03:11 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
12.7 keys
11.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
12.7 keys
11.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 22:07 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
12.7 keys
11.0 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 02:07 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 06:07 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 04:08 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 00:08 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 01:08 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
Price history in numbers
49 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Desert Marauder's sell price ranged from 12.7 keys to 13.2 keys and is up 2.4% after 16 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.80 keys to 16.8 keys (up 41.9%). Today's 13.1 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.80 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 16.8 keys (22 Jan 2026). The price has moved 48 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.