Community price on backpack.tf: 20.0 keys, last changed 2022-01-31 (4.7y ago). The live quote above, 18.7 keys, is 6% 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: $78.28 — the lowest of one listing for the Haunted Ghosts 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 18 keys, 43.66 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
76 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.
Haunted Ghosts Shoestring Santa sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-09: 76 observations, from 20.7 keys to 22.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
20.7 keys
17.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:10 UTC
19.8 keys
17.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:19 UTC
17.9 keys
16.1 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:42 UTC
30.9 keys
15.3 keys
3 DEC 2025 · 21:01 UTC
30.4 keys
17.6 keys
17 DEC 2025 · 06:54 UTC
34.3 keys
18.1 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:57 UTC
30.9 keys
12.9 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:57 UTC
30.4 keys
12.9 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
28.2 keys
16.2 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 13:45 UTC
26.7 keys
15.9 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 04:40 UTC
27.9 keys
17.0 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 10:43 UTC
26.0 keys
16.4 keys
24 MAR 2026 · 06:07 UTC
27.4 keys
8.46 keys
23 APR 2026 · 20:32 UTC
26.7 keys
19.2 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
27.8 keys
20.9 keys
26 MAY 2026 · 04:32 UTC
27.6 keys
21.3 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
27.6 keys
21.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 02:12 UTC
26.3 keys
21.0 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
23.3 keys
20.2 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
25.6 keys
22.3 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 11:12 UTC
26.5 keys
23.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
10.9 keys
9.47 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
10.9 keys
9.49 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
11.0 keys
9.60 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.65 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.66 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
11.1 keys
9.66 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 16:11 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 16:09 UTC
18.7 keys
16.3 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 11:10 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
20.5 keys
17.8 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
20.9 keys
18.2 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 23:11 UTC
21.4 keys
18.6 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
21.9 keys
19.1 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
22.3 keys
19.4 keys
Price history in numbers
76 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Haunted Ghosts Shoestring Santa's sell price ranged from 18.7 keys to 29.4 keys and is down 24.1% after 20 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.9 keys to 34.3 keys (up 18.6%). Today's 22.3 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.9 keys (22 Aug 2026) and the highest 34.3 keys (17 Dec 2025). The price has moved 75 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.