Community price on backpack.tf: 56.0 keys, last changed 2025-07-29 (1.2y ago). The live quote above, 63.9 keys, is 14% higher and last moved 16d 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: $167.85 — the lowest of one listing for the Sunbeams 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 63 keys, 56.77 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
90 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.
Sunbeams Shoestring Santa sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 90 observations, from 55.4 keys to 63.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
55.4 keys
45.3 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:10 UTC
53.8 keys
48.5 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:15 UTC
51.6 keys
46.4 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:52 UTC
69.3 keys
37.2 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
71.5 keys
38.8 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:57 UTC
70.5 keys
39.5 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
63.7 keys
37.6 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
59.3 keys
35.4 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
59.8 keys
36.2 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
62.3 keys
46.4 keys
5 APR 2026 · 16:30 UTC
63.7 keys
47.7 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 20:33 UTC
62.3 keys
48.1 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 13:12 UTC
59.8 keys
52.0 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
59.3 keys
51.6 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
64.1 keys
55.8 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.4 keys
9.95 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
12.5 keys
10.8 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
22.8 keys
19.8 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
30.2 keys
26.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
53.6 keys
46.6 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
54.0 keys
47.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
53.9 keys
46.9 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
54.2 keys
47.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
54.0 keys
47.0 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
56.2 keys
48.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
54.4 keys
47.3 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
59.9 keys
52.1 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
60.3 keys
52.4 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
60.7 keys
52.8 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
60.6 keys
52.7 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
61.1 keys
53.2 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
61.4 keys
53.4 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
62.1 keys
54.0 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
62.9 keys
54.7 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
62.9 keys
54.7 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
63.3 keys
55.1 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 02:10 UTC
63.9 keys
55.5 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
63.6 keys
55.3 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
63.5 keys
55.2 keys
Price history in numbers
90 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Sunbeams Shoestring Santa's sell price ranged from 61.4 keys to 63.9 keys and is up 3.3% after 16 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.4 keys to 72.3 keys (up 23.9%). Today's 63.5 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.4 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 72.3 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 86 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.