Community price on backpack.tf: 21.0 keys, last changed 2025-07-29 (1.2y ago). The live quote above, 18.7 keys, is 11% lower and last moved 14d 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: $52.04 — the lowest of one listing for the Steaming effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:40 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 18 keys, 45.22 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 Head Banger”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
17 observations
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Steaming Head Banger sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-06: 17 observations, from 22.0 keys to 18.2 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
22.0 keys
18.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:51 UTC
22.0 keys
18.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:22 UTC
21.0 keys
18.9 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:19 UTC
20.0 keys
18.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:31 UTC
19.1 keys
17.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:26 UTC
19.9 keys
17.8 keys
21 JUL 2026 · 12:47 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
6 AUG 2026 · 19:13 UTC
14.7 keys
12.7 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 05:12 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 05:11 UTC
14.7 keys
12.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
18.7 keys
16.3 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
18.2 keys
15.8 keys
Price history in numbers
17 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Steaming Head Banger's sell price ranged from 15.6 keys to 18.7 keys and is up 16.6% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 14.1 keys to 20.0 keys (down 9.0%). Today's 18.2 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 14.1 keys (21 Jul 2026) and the highest 22.0 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 16 times since we began recording it — about once every 24 days.
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