Community price on backpack.tf: 8.00–10.0 keys, last changed 2020-07-10 (6.3y ago). The live quote above, 6.40 keys, is 20% lower 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: $23.51 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:37 UTC (6h 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 6 keys, 24.88 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 Elf Esteem”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
84 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.
Vivid Plasma Elf Esteem sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 84 observations, from 10.3 keys to 6.58 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
10.3 keys
6.71 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:18 UTC
9.80 keys
7.05 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:31 UTC
8.88 keys
6.40 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:43 UTC
7.56 keys
5.87 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:53 UTC
8.24 keys
7.01 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:10 UTC
8.46 keys
7.57 keys
3 JAN 2026 · 08:48 UTC
7.79 keys
7.47 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 05:44 UTC
7.44 keys
6.19 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 10:23 UTC
6.93 keys
6.16 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 12:42 UTC
6.99 keys
5.70 keys
9 MAR 2026 · 04:43 UTC
6.86 keys
5.68 keys
23 MAR 2026 · 14:07 UTC
7.24 keys
5.74 keys
18 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
7.52 keys
5.15 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC
6.78 keys
5.67 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:34 UTC
7.08 keys
6.07 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 04:31 UTC
6.45 keys
5.64 keys
17 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC
6.25 keys
5.73 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 19:12 UTC
6.63 keys
5.87 keys
11 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
6.61 keys
5.75 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 19:11 UTC
5.87 keys
5.18 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
6.30 keys
5.48 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
6.12 keys
5.33 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
6.25 keys
5.44 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 12:07 UTC
6.24 keys
5.43 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
6.48 keys
5.50 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 04:09 UTC
6.50 keys
5.58 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
6.24 keys
5.43 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 15:12 UTC
6.30 keys
5.48 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
6.30 keys
5.48 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
6.23 keys
5.42 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
6.22 keys
5.41 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
6.25 keys
5.43 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 17:10 UTC
6.23 keys
5.42 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
6.25 keys
5.44 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 05:10 UTC
6.26 keys
5.44 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
6.31 keys
5.49 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
6.36 keys
5.53 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
6.58 keys
5.55 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
6.60 keys
5.68 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 07:08 UTC
6.58 keys
5.73 keys
Price history in numbers
84 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Elf Esteem's sell price ranged from 6.12 keys to 6.61 keys and is up 5.3% after 35 moves. Over a year it ranged from 5.71 keys to 9.39 keys (down 29.4%). Today's 6.58 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 5.71 keys (26 Aug 2026) and the highest 10.3 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 81 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.
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