Community price on backpack.tf: 18.0 keys, last changed 2023-03-01 (3.6y ago). The live quote above, 14.8 keys, is 18% lower 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: $48.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts 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 14 keys, 52.55 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
58 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Nuke sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 58 observations, from 18.1 keys to 14.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
18.1 keys
14.9 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:58 UTC
18.2 keys
14.9 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:26 UTC
16.5 keys
14.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:43 UTC
15.7 keys
14.2 keys
20 MAR 2026 · 12:06 UTC
20.5 keys
14.7 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
22.0 keys
16.2 keys
14 APR 2026 · 20:32 UTC
22.2 keys
11.0 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
22.6 keys
11.7 keys
4 MAY 2026 · 02:32 UTC
21.1 keys
14.4 keys
9 MAY 2026 · 02:33 UTC
21.9 keys
12.1 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
21.7 keys
14.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
22.0 keys
12.6 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
21.5 keys
13.9 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC
19.0 keys
14.7 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
17.2 keys
15.0 keys
16 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
9.01 keys
7.84 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
9.98 keys
8.62 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 03:12 UTC
9.78 keys
8.52 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 17:11 UTC
9.74 keys
8.49 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
14.1 keys
12.2 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
14.0 keys
12.2 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 04:11 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 16:11 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 10:10 UTC
12.6 keys
10.9 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
13.8 keys
12.0 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 20:10 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 11:10 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 17:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 05:10 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 17:10 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 05:11 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
Price history in numbers
58 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Nuke's sell price ranged from 13.0 keys to 14.8 keys and is up 11.7% after 18 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.01 keys to 22.6 keys (down 10.4%). Today's 14.8 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.01 keys (16 Jul 2026) and the highest 22.6 keys (19 Apr 2026). The price has moved 57 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.