Community price on backpack.tf: 42.0–43.0 keys, last changed 2025-06-24 (1.3y ago). The live quote above, 48.7 keys, is 16% higher and last moved 16d 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: $103.02 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:30 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 48 keys, 48.11 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 Ground Control”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
86 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.
Searing Plasma Ground Control sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 86 observations, from 42.6 keys to 47.6 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
42.6 keys
34.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:48 UTC
40.6 keys
36.5 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:58 UTC
36.8 keys
33.1 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 09:12 UTC
29.9 keys
26.0 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
29.0 keys
25.2 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
34.9 keys
30.4 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
39.2 keys
34.1 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
24.5 keys
21.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
27.8 keys
24.2 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
36.4 keys
31.6 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
36.9 keys
32.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
37.4 keys
32.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
38.1 keys
33.2 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
38.9 keys
33.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
40.4 keys
35.2 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
39.9 keys
34.7 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
39.9 keys
34.7 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
39.4 keys
34.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
40.3 keys
35.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
42.0 keys
36.5 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
41.3 keys
35.9 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
42.7 keys
37.1 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
43.4 keys
37.7 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
42.8 keys
37.2 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
43.4 keys
37.8 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
43.8 keys
38.1 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
44.2 keys
38.4 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
44.2 keys
38.5 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
44.1 keys
38.4 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
45.7 keys
39.8 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
47.5 keys
41.3 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
47.9 keys
41.7 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
47.9 keys
41.7 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
33.2 keys
28.9 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
40.0 keys
34.8 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 05:10 UTC
41.5 keys
36.1 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
43.5 keys
37.8 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 17:09 UTC
46.0 keys
40.0 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 17:09 UTC
47.1 keys
40.9 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 17:08 UTC
47.6 keys
41.4 keys
Price history in numbers
86 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Ground Control's sell price ranged from 33.2 keys to 48.7 keys and is up 7.6% after 26 moves. Over a year it ranged from 24.2 keys to 48.7 keys (up 23.2%). Today's 47.6 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 24.2 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 48.7 keys (27 Sep 2026). The price has moved 85 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.