Community price on backpack.tf: 48.0 keys, last changed 2024-05-24 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 40.3 keys, is 16% lower and last moved 20d 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: $143.61 — the lowest of one listing for the Frightened Poltergeist effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:37 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 40 keys, 16.11 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 Nuke”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
22 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.
Frightened Poltergeist Nuke sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-09: 22 observations, from 48.2 keys to 43.5 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
48.2 keys
39.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:58 UTC
48.2 keys
39.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:36 UTC
46.1 keys
41.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:27 UTC
43.8 keys
39.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:44 UTC
41.7 keys
37.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:43 UTC
45.8 keys
41.2 keys
8 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
29.9 keys
26.0 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 00:47 UTC
21.1 keys
18.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 08:45 UTC
27.9 keys
24.2 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 23:13 UTC
40.7 keys
35.4 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
37.6 keys
32.7 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
38.0 keys
33.1 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
40.3 keys
35.0 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 20:10 UTC
40.3 keys
35.0 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
40.0 keys
34.8 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 13:13 UTC
40.8 keys
35.4 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 15:09 UTC
41.4 keys
36.0 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
41.6 keys
36.2 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
41.7 keys
36.3 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
42.1 keys
36.6 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 09:08 UTC
43.0 keys
37.4 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
43.5 keys
37.8 keys
Price history in numbers
22 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Frightened Poltergeist Nuke's sell price ranged from 37.6 keys to 43.5 keys and is up 15.7% after 11 moves. Over a year it ranged from 21.1 keys to 45.8 keys (down 0.7%). Today's 43.5 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 21.1 keys (22 Jul 2026) and the highest 48.2 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 21 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.