Community price on backpack.tf: 14.0–19.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-16 (2mo ago). The live quote above, 16.3 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $67.16 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:41 UTC (11h 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, 20.44 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 Trash Man”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
98 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.
Vivid Plasma Trash Man sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-13: 98 observations, from 18.6 keys to 15.2 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
18.6 keys
15.2 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:49 UTC
17.8 keys
16.0 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:00 UTC
17.2 keys
15.4 keys
29 NOV 2025 · 18:51 UTC
17.1 keys
15.0 keys
13 JAN 2026 · 18:07 UTC
14.6 keys
10.5 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 18:39 UTC
13.7 keys
10.4 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 16:08 UTC
12.8 keys
7.94 keys
2 APR 2026 · 20:31 UTC
14.0 keys
10.5 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 00:32 UTC
12.3 keys
10.2 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
13.5 keys
11.7 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
13.6 keys
11.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
16.6 keys
14.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.6 keys
14.5 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.6 keys
14.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
16.6 keys
14.5 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.6 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 15:12 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
17.1 keys
14.8 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 05:08 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
13 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
Price history in numbers
98 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Trash Man's sell price ranged from 13.5 keys to 17.1 keys and is down 7.5% after 28 moves. Over a year it ranged from 12.3 keys to 17.2 keys (down 10.3%). Today's 15.2 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 12.3 keys (2 May 2026) and the highest 18.6 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 97 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.