Community price on backpack.tf: 8.50 keys, last changed 2022-12-24 (3.8y ago). The live quote above, 7.71 keys, is 9% lower 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: $22.24 — the lowest of one listing for the Smoking effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:34 UTC (2d 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 7 keys, 44.66 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 Hard Counter”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 observations
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Smoking Hard Counter sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-11: 44 observations, from 8.59 keys to 7.74 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
8.59 keys
6.99 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:59 UTC
8.60 keys
7.03 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:41 UTC
8.20 keys
7.37 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:28 UTC
7.82 keys
7.03 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:49 UTC
7.47 keys
6.73 keys
20 NOV 2025 · 10:38 UTC
7.86 keys
6.56 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 18:43 UTC
11.4 keys
7.26 keys
24 DEC 2025 · 17:11 UTC
8.35 keys
7.33 keys
1 JAN 2026 · 02:51 UTC
8.00 keys
7.04 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 21:33 UTC
7.35 keys
6.46 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 17:18 UTC
7.44 keys
6.56 keys
30 JAN 2026 · 03:42 UTC
7.35 keys
6.49 keys
3 FEB 2026 · 02:21 UTC
7.01 keys
6.20 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
6.85 keys
6.07 keys
19 FEB 2026 · 20:40 UTC
7.35 keys
6.46 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
6.85 keys
6.09 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 04:42 UTC
6.77 keys
5.95 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
6.71 keys
5.97 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 02:07 UTC
7.15 keys
6.33 keys
2 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
7.30 keys
4.28 keys
11 APR 2026 · 16:30 UTC
7.20 keys
6.02 keys
19 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
6.99 keys
6.30 keys
7 MAY 2026 · 18:32 UTC
6.80 keys
6.14 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 10:32 UTC
7.14 keys
6.53 keys
15 MAY 2026 · 14:33 UTC
7.03 keys
6.46 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 02:29 UTC
9.85 keys
6.33 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
7.28 keys
6.32 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
6.69 keys
5.82 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
7.59 keys
6.60 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
7.79 keys
6.77 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
7.84 keys
6.82 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
7.40 keys
6.43 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
7.80 keys
6.78 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
7.53 keys
6.55 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
7.86 keys
6.84 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
8.11 keys
7.05 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
7.54 keys
6.56 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
7.57 keys
6.58 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 22:10 UTC
7.71 keys
6.70 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
7.74 keys
6.73 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Smoking Hard Counter's sell price ranged from 7.53 keys to 8.11 keys and is down 0.8% after 8 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.69 keys to 11.4 keys (down 1.1%). Today's 7.74 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.69 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 11.4 keys (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.