Community price on backpack.tf: 59.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-02 (2.0y ago). The live quote above, 55.0 keys, is 7% 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: $134.27 — the lowest of one listing for the Green Energy 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 55 keys, 2.11 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 Shoestring Santa”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
169 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.
Green Energy Shoestring Santa sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 169 observations, from 59.9 keys to 56.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
59.9 keys
49.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:19 UTC
52.7 keys
47.5 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:52 UTC
60.1 keys
42.4 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
48.9 keys
37.9 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
47.1 keys
38.5 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
51.4 keys
34.8 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
50.0 keys
42.1 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 05:13 UTC
51.8 keys
45.0 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
53.3 keys
46.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
50.1 keys
43.6 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
50.5 keys
43.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
51.4 keys
44.7 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
52.8 keys
45.9 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
52.8 keys
45.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
53.4 keys
46.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
51.7 keys
45.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
52.6 keys
45.7 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
53.3 keys
46.4 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
53.1 keys
46.2 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
53.6 keys
46.6 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 02:07 UTC
54.0 keys
47.0 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
55.1 keys
47.9 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 02:11 UTC
55.2 keys
48.0 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
54.5 keys
47.4 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
55.4 keys
48.2 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
55.4 keys
48.2 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 20:10 UTC
55.1 keys
47.9 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
56.1 keys
48.8 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
55.2 keys
48.0 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
54.8 keys
47.6 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
56.1 keys
48.8 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 15:09 UTC
56.1 keys
48.8 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
55.3 keys
48.0 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
54.9 keys
47.7 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
55.7 keys
48.4 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
55.8 keys
48.5 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
55.4 keys
48.2 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
55.5 keys
48.2 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
55.6 keys
48.3 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
56.0 keys
48.7 keys
Price history in numbers
169 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Green Energy Shoestring Santa's sell price ranged from 53.5 keys to 56.5 keys and is up 4.1% after 81 moves. Over a year it ranged from 46.6 keys to 60.1 keys (up 1.3%). Today's 56.0 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 46.6 keys (15 Mar 2026) and the highest 60.9 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 165 times since we began recording it — about once every 2 days.