Community price on backpack.tf: 12.0–13.0 keys, last changed 2025-12-23 (10mo ago). The live quote above, 12.0 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $35.07 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Demonic Impaler effect when we looked on 2026-10-07 01:53 UTC (6d 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 12 keys, 1.55 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 Splitting Headache”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
88 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.
Demonic Impaler Splitting Headache sell price, 2025-12-23 to 2026-10-11: 88 observations, from 13.8 keys to 7.10 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
23 DEC 2025 · 13:16 UTC
13.8 keys
6.96 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:59 UTC
13.1 keys
9.70 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:46 UTC
11.5 keys
9.32 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 20:43 UTC
10.3 keys
8.64 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 20:08 UTC
9.99 keys
6.25 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
10.6 keys
8.77 keys
23 APR 2026 · 10:33 UTC
10.1 keys
9.15 keys
22 MAY 2026 · 12:31 UTC
11.9 keys
10.3 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
10.7 keys
7.80 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
10.9 keys
9.64 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 17:11 UTC
10.0 keys
8.72 keys
25 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
6.81 keys
5.99 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 17:12 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:11 UTC
12.2 keys
10.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.9 keys
10.4 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 16:11 UTC
11.8 keys
10.2 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
12.1 keys
10.5 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.3 keys
9.85 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 00:10 UTC
11.5 keys
9.99 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
11.6 keys
10.0 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
11.9 keys
10.4 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
12.1 keys
10.6 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 11:10 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 13:10 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 15:09 UTC
7.10 keys
6.18 keys
Price history in numbers
88 readings since 23 Dec 2025
Over the last 30 days the Demonic Impaler Splitting Headache's sell price ranged from 7.10 keys to 12.4 keys and is down 38.6% after 28 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.81 keys to 15.6 keys (down 48.8%). Today's 7.10 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.81 keys (25 Jul 2026) and the highest 15.6 keys (2 May 2026). The price has moved 86 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.