Most expensive/rare profile backgrounds on Steam?

[kaMMakaZZi9]

I'm just curious. Paid $0.43 for the badass Prey one I am using right now (Kinetic Blast). I know there are way more expensive ones but there are only currently 27 of the one I am talking about left... or at least 27 for sale at the moment rather.

[Winged One]

I got one from a VN once that I sold for a solid $17

[wuddih]

max market prices is around $2000 and you will find those if you just use the search.

[Mr. Joseph]

https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/237760-Intake%20Skull?filter=background

I got this one awhile back from crafting luckily. It's quite pricey.

[Srboljub Bošnjak]

Vaporwave sunset from dream dealer is one.

[WhispersOfTheWind]

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=most+expensive+steam+backgrounds

As I was interested too.

[CookieClicker :)]

That one Nekopara background.

[Marcosdonalt]

Messaggio originale di kaMMakaZZi9:

I'm just curious. Paid $0.43 for the badass Prey one I am using right now (Kinetic Blast). I know there are way more expensive ones but there are only currently 27 of the one I am talking about left... or at least 27 for sale at the moment rather.

backgrounds prices will get lower because of the summer sale 2020

[joeust76]

This one I sold for $25 a year ago.

https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/495990-Maple%20and%20sea

Seems it has dropped over the years.

[Magister Generalis ⚡️💛]

I'm a background collector. I have well over 3000 backgrounds. So you could say that i'm an expert ;)

The most expensive backgrounds are usually new ones. You could compare them to new cs:go skins. The game is new and the backgrounds are rare. Buying and displaying them is more like a status symbol. What i also have seen a lot of times is that backgrounds from indie-games are more likley to rise in price. Some backgrounds might also reach high prices, because the game from where the backgrounds are got removed from steam.
One example might be the background Old Templar from the removed game Knightfall Rivals.

The rarest backgrounds are mostly from games that almost no one plays, mostly forgotten indie-games. Which means that no one makes badges = no backgrounds. And some of them might reach such high prices, that you would have to sell some parts of your skin to obtain them. But rare must not only mean expensive; i have a few very rare backgrounds that i got for a few cents. I have never seen them on the market again.
But the truly rarest backgrounds are from games that got removed from steam. They are "locked" in your inventory. You can trade them, but selling is not an option.
One example might be the background Section 9 from the removed game Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online

But the overall most expensive and rare backgrounds are depicting girls, anime or anime girls.
I personally think it's disgusting (the last two)

If i might add: I think it's horrific that users can set their own prices. I personally see it as a manipulation of the steam market...

[El Rumano™]

the prices arent dropping so much, there's a wallpaper from the game Drift86 that cost 5,37€ and its pretty nice, but the vaporwave wallpapers and the anime girls wallpapers is a lot of expensive, as magister says.

[TKOdarkshadow]

Here's the one I use.

https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/325120-Cloudy%20Moonlit%20Night

[ar2games]

LOL true, anime Ts backgrounds are usually the most expensive, l´m glad l could get the YS VIII backgrounds basically for free, they used to be ridiculously expensive.

[joeust76]

My background is from Smooth Operators. Got it from crafting a badge years ago.

https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/262900-At%20night

[Glasz]

why are the prices going down?

[kaMMakaZZi9]

Messaggio originale di 「Glasz」:

why are the prices going down?

Probably because of the points shop.