Community price on backpack.tf: 24.0–27.0 keys, last changed 2024-04-03 (2.5y ago). The live quote above, 14.3 keys, is 41% 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: $67.38 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Shimmering Fireworks effect when we looked on 2026-10-07 01:48 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 14 keys, 16.22 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 Throttlehead”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
41 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.
Shimmering Fireworks Throttlehead sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 41 observations, from 27.7 keys to 14.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
27.7 keys
20.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:52 UTC
27.7 keys
20.1 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:23 UTC
26.5 keys
21.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:19 UTC
25.2 keys
20.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:32 UTC
24.0 keys
19.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:27 UTC
25.5 keys
20.3 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 23:12 UTC
7.42 keys
6.45 keys
14 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
12.7 keys
11.0 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
16.5 keys
14.4 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 15:11 UTC
20.9 keys
18.1 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
21.1 keys
18.3 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
20.8 keys
18.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
20.8 keys
18.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
21.0 keys
18.2 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
20.9 keys
18.2 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
20.9 keys
18.2 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
20.9 keys
18.2 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
20.9 keys
18.2 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
20.9 keys
18.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
21.0 keys
18.2 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
21.0 keys
18.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC
21.1 keys
18.3 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 16:10 UTC
20.3 keys
17.7 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
20.6 keys
17.9 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
20.5 keys
17.9 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
20.2 keys
17.5 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
20.7 keys
18.0 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 16:10 UTC
14.0 keys
12.2 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
14.1 keys
12.2 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
8.51 keys
7.40 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 20:08 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
14.2 keys
12.4 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 09:10 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
8.40 keys
7.30 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
Price history in numbers
41 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Shimmering Fireworks Throttlehead's sell price ranged from 8.40 keys to 20.7 keys and is down 29.9% after 12 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.42 keys to 25.5 keys (down 43.8%). Today's 14.1 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.42 keys (29 Jun 2026) and the highest 27.7 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 40 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.