Community price on backpack.tf: 15.0 keys, last changed 2023-03-01 (3.6y ago). The live quote above, 13.4 keys, is 10% lower 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $39.05 — the lowest of one listing for the Orbiting Planets effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:34 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 13 keys, 27.55 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 Detective”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
58 observations
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Orbiting Planets Detective sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 58 observations, from 16.2 keys to 12.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.2 keys
13.3 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:49 UTC
16.3 keys
13.3 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:17 UTC
14.8 keys
13.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:30 UTC
14.1 keys
12.7 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 19:47 UTC
48.9 keys
13.9 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 05:45 UTC
39.3 keys
14.7 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:45 UTC
35.6 keys
13.2 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 18:21 UTC
33.5 keys
13.0 keys
24 FEB 2026 · 16:43 UTC
31.9 keys
9.75 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:43 UTC
30.5 keys
11.5 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 20:08 UTC
19.8 keys
7.84 keys
23 MAR 2026 · 04:08 UTC
20.9 keys
8.40 keys
12 APR 2026 · 16:31 UTC
20.2 keys
8.25 keys
19 APR 2026 · 08:31 UTC
17.0 keys
7.98 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:32 UTC
15.5 keys
11.8 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:34 UTC
16.5 keys
12.3 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:35 UTC
15.8 keys
12.3 keys
30 MAY 2026 · 08:31 UTC
15.4 keys
12.4 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
16.9 keys
12.2 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 05:12 UTC
10.0 keys
8.73 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
10.1 keys
8.81 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
9.99 keys
8.70 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
11.5 keys
9.94 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
13.0 keys
11.4 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
11.4 keys
9.93 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
10.9 keys
9.45 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
9.92 keys
8.63 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 00:09 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.4 keys
11.7 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 13:12 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 05:11 UTC
11.5 keys
10.0 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 15:08 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
12.9 keys
11.3 keys
Price history in numbers
58 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Orbiting Planets Detective's sell price ranged from 9.92 keys to 13.4 keys and is up 5.9% after 18 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.52 keys to 48.9 keys (down 12.4%). Today's 12.9 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.52 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 48.9 keys (10 Jan 2026). The price has moved 57 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.
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