Community price on backpack.tf: 20.0 keys, last changed 2026-07-23 (3mo ago). The live quote above, 16.4 keys, is 18% lower 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: $49.26 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:41 UTC (6h 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 16 keys, 26.44 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 Thousand-Yard Stare”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 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.
Nuts n' Bolts Thousand-Yard Stare sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 44 observations, from 16.2 keys to 21.2 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.2 keys
13.3 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:43 UTC
16.3 keys
13.3 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:14 UTC
15.5 keys
14.0 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:09 UTC
14.8 keys
13.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:24 UTC
14.1 keys
12.7 keys
6 FEB 2026 · 02:24 UTC
19.2 keys
16.0 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:44 UTC
18.7 keys
15.7 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
19.3 keys
16.0 keys
1 APR 2026 · 02:31 UTC
18.1 keys
9.26 keys
24 JUN 2026 · 09:14 UTC
11.3 keys
9.80 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 11:12 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
10.7 keys
9.30 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 00:48 UTC
18.7 keys
16.3 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
19.3 keys
16.8 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 19:11 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
18.0 keys
15.6 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
18.1 keys
15.7 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
18.3 keys
15.9 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
18.0 keys
15.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
18.0 keys
15.7 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
18.1 keys
15.7 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
17.6 keys
15.3 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 10:10 UTC
17.5 keys
15.2 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 00:11 UTC
18.1 keys
15.7 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
17.7 keys
15.4 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 20:10 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 22:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
17.7 keys
15.4 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
21.3 keys
18.5 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
21.2 keys
18.5 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 07:08 UTC
21.2 keys
18.4 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Thousand-Yard Stare's sell price ranged from 14.6 keys to 21.3 keys and is up 42.7% after 15 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.7 keys to 21.3 keys (up 43.2%). Today's 21.2 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.7 keys (12 Jul 2026) and the highest 21.3 keys (11 Oct 2026). The price has moved 43 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.