Community price on backpack.tf: 160–200 keys, last changed 2024-04-02 (2.5y ago). The live quote above, 202 keys, is 26% 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: $575.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Orbiting Fire effect when we looked on 2026-10-10 01:37 UTC (3d 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 201 keys, 32.22 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 Pencil Pusher”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
71 observations
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Orbiting Fire Pencil Pusher sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 71 observations, from 203 keys to 208 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
203 keys
133 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:17 UTC
194 keys
140 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:23 UTC
176 keys
127 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:25 UTC
187 keys
135 keys
27 APR 2026 · 10:31 UTC
162 keys
117 keys
2 JUL 2026 · 11:13 UTC
161 keys
140 keys
16 JUL 2026 · 10:43 UTC
161 keys
140 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
177 keys
154 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 07:11 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 18:08 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
180 keys
157 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
188 keys
163 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
189 keys
164 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
195 keys
169 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
188 keys
164 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
195 keys
169 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
197 keys
172 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
198 keys
172 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
200 keys
174 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
201 keys
175 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
203 keys
176 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
203 keys
176 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 10:08 UTC
202 keys
175 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
206 keys
179 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
210 keys
183 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
211 keys
184 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
213 keys
185 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 19:08 UTC
204 keys
177 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
203 keys
177 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC
208 keys
181 keys
Price history in numbers
71 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Orbiting Fire Pencil Pusher's sell price ranged from 198 keys to 213 keys and is up 5.2% after 22 moves. Over a year it ranged from 152 keys to 213 keys (up 12.6%). Today's 208 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 152 keys (9 Jul 2026) and the highest 213 keys (9 Oct 2026). The price has moved 70 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.