Community price on backpack.tf: 21.0–25.0 keys, last changed 2024-05-12 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 27.8 keys, is 32% higher 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: $62.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Head of Steam effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:33 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 27 keys, 46.66 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 Murderer's Motif”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
95 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.
Head of Steam Murderer's Motif sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-10: 95 observations, from 22.6 keys to 29.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
22.6 keys
15.4 keys
12 OCT 2025 · 20:04 UTC
23.7 keys
14.6 keys
8 NOV 2025 · 20:04 UTC
22.7 keys
13.1 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:53 UTC
24.3 keys
14.8 keys
17 DEC 2025 · 06:52 UTC
25.1 keys
13.9 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
24.9 keys
13.7 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 03:45 UTC
22.7 keys
12.5 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 02:23 UTC
21.0 keys
11.4 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
21.2 keys
12.4 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
20.5 keys
14.1 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
22.5 keys
13.4 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
21.9 keys
19.1 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
23.2 keys
20.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
25.9 keys
22.5 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
25.7 keys
22.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
25.5 keys
22.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
25.5 keys
22.1 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
25.5 keys
22.1 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC
24.3 keys
21.1 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
24.9 keys
21.6 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
27.3 keys
23.7 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
28.0 keys
24.3 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
27.9 keys
24.3 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
28.0 keys
24.3 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 16:09 UTC
27.8 keys
24.1 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
29.2 keys
25.4 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
29.8 keys
25.9 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
29.7 keys
25.8 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 15:11 UTC
29.9 keys
26.0 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
29.9 keys
26.0 keys
Price history in numbers
95 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Head of Steam Murderer's Motif's sell price ranged from 15.5 keys to 29.9 keys and is up 93.2% after 38 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.6 keys to 29.9 keys (up 32.4%). Today's 29.9 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.6 keys (29 Jun 2026) and the highest 29.9 keys (9 Oct 2026). The price has moved 93 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.