Community price on backpack.tf: 26.0 keys, last changed 2021-07-15 (5.2y ago). The live quote above, 20.2 keys, is 22% 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: $62.41 — the lowest of one listing for the Distant Dream effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:49 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 20 keys, 12.55 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 Shoestring Santa”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
109 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.
Distant Dream Shoestring Santa sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 109 observations, from 26.2 keys to 21.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
26.2 keys
21.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:04 UTC
24.8 keys
22.3 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 04:57 UTC
24.4 keys
19.8 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
23.9 keys
14.7 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 18:55 UTC
24.4 keys
19.8 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 05:45 UTC
21.8 keys
16.3 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
20.1 keys
18.0 keys
24 FEB 2026 · 12:43 UTC
20.2 keys
11.9 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 16:09 UTC
19.6 keys
15.8 keys
10 APR 2026 · 10:30 UTC
21.6 keys
16.0 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
21.5 keys
18.7 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
21.5 keys
18.8 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 07:14 UTC
22.9 keys
19.9 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
11.0 keys
9.57 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
11.4 keys
9.86 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 16:11 UTC
12.1 keys
10.5 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
12.1 keys
10.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
12.6 keys
11.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
19.8 keys
14.1 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
19.3 keys
13.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
19.4 keys
16.3 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
19.9 keys
16.7 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
19.8 keys
16.7 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
18.9 keys
16.4 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
18.4 keys
16.1 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
19.1 keys
16.7 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 18:11 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 00:09 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 04:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 03:10 UTC
21.2 keys
18.4 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
21.2 keys
18.5 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 03:10 UTC
21.2 keys
18.4 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
21.3 keys
18.5 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 13:08 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
Price history in numbers
109 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Distant Dream Shoestring Santa's sell price ranged from 15.4 keys to 21.4 keys and is up 38.7% after 33 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.0 keys to 25.2 keys (down 13.8%). Today's 21.4 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.0 keys (19 Jul 2026) and the highest 27.2 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 108 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.
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