Community price on backpack.tf: 32.0 keys, last changed 2024-09-25 (2.0y ago). The live quote above, 27.3 keys, is 15% lower and last moved 11d 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: $93.70 — the lowest of one listing for the Sunbeams effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:47 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, 19.11 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 Plumber's Pipe”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
76 observations
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Sunbeams Plumber's Pipe sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 76 observations, from 32.6 keys to 32.6 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
32.6 keys
26.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:29 UTC
31.1 keys
27.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:36 UTC
28.2 keys
25.4 keys
18 NOV 2025 · 16:33 UTC
47.8 keys
39.8 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:52 UTC
48.7 keys
42.9 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:07 UTC
49.0 keys
44.5 keys
15 JAN 2026 · 14:14 UTC
44.3 keys
39.7 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 09:44 UTC
44.3 keys
41.1 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
41.2 keys
38.3 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:41 UTC
41.6 keys
38.7 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
39.9 keys
14.9 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
42.4 keys
21.9 keys
16 APR 2026 · 10:29 UTC
42.8 keys
29.3 keys
29 APR 2026 · 02:29 UTC
41.0 keys
28.4 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
42.8 keys
31.6 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:29 UTC
43.0 keys
32.0 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
42.0 keys
32.4 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 05:12 UTC
38.6 keys
33.5 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 02:43 UTC
42.6 keys
37.0 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
45.7 keys
39.8 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
46.3 keys
40.3 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
24.1 keys
20.9 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
22.8 keys
19.8 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
22.2 keys
19.3 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
24.9 keys
21.7 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
24.1 keys
21.0 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
26.7 keys
23.2 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
28.9 keys
25.1 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 00:09 UTC
26.1 keys
22.7 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 00:08 UTC
27.3 keys
23.8 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
28.5 keys
24.8 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
28.7 keys
25.0 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 13:13 UTC
29.2 keys
25.4 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
30.2 keys
26.3 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
30.3 keys
26.3 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
31.2 keys
27.1 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
32.2 keys
28.0 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
32.6 keys
28.3 keys
Price history in numbers
76 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Sunbeams Plumber's Pipe's sell price ranged from 24.1 keys to 32.7 keys and is up 30.7% after 25 moves. Over a year it ranged from 22.1 keys to 53.9 keys (up 10.2%). Today's 32.6 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 22.1 keys (9 Sep 2026) and the highest 53.9 keys (9 Dec 2025). The price has moved 74 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.