How do I earn the steam trading cards?

[JMShortlife]

Title says it all, thanks in advance!

[Johnno]

Play the game. If you go to badge progression it'll say how many cards you have left to earn.

After that you have to buy/trade them.

[MrPurple33]

Yeah, I'm just going to have to buy them at some point- I don't really have any Steam Badges or Good Extra Frills if you hover over my profile pic

I'd prefer something DRG for that, but I've only ever gotten 2 Steam Cards, and have been playing since Nov, 2018- my DRG status still says "rookie miner" even though I'm a damn veteran

[JMShortlife]

Originally posted by Johnno:

Play the game. If you go to badge progression it'll say how many cards you have left to earn.

After that you have to buy/trade them.

I noticed I don't have any cards drops left, what about those booster packs? I just get them at random right? Are they rare?

[Johnno]

I think you have to purchase booster packs with gems. I'm not sure but I think that's how it works.

[JMShortlife]

Originally posted by Johnno:

I think you have to purchase booster packs with gems. I'm not sure but I think that's how it works.

Alright thanks bud

[phittte]

Originally posted by JMShortlife:

Originally posted by Johnno:

Play the game. If you go to badge progression it'll say how many cards you have left to earn.

After that you have to buy/trade them.

I noticed I don't have any cards drops left, what about those booster packs? I just get them at random right? Are they rare?

Yes, they're random and they're pretty rare. You only get them for games you own, so the fewer games you have, the higher your chances are to get one for a specific game. But I get like...5 booster packs per year? So don't get your hopes up. If you really want a badge for a specific game you almost always need to trade for the missing cards or buy them on the market.

EDIT: You get booster packs randomly, no need to buy them (though you can buy them). But getting all the cards for a badge from random drops is almost impossible.

[STRAIGHT OUTTA FLAVOURTOWN]

Originally posted by JMShortlife:

Originally posted by Johnno:

Play the game. If you go to badge progression it'll say how many cards you have left to earn.

After that you have to buy/trade them.

I noticed I don't have any cards drops left, what about those booster packs? I just get them at random right? Are they rare?

Booster pack drops are pretty rare, like less than 1 booster pack drop a year. The higher your steam level the higher chance you have but its still super low.

[Johnno]

Originally posted by phittte:

EDIT: You get booster packs randomly, no need to buy them (though you can buy them). But getting all the cards for a badge from random drops is almost impossible.

Thanks for the info, I don't think I've ever gotten a booster pack, which is why I thought you had to buy/get em from gems.

[CCShad]

I have not once gotten a booster pack in nearly a decade, even though I feel I’m fairly active.

The cards are pretty cheap though, badges may as well be little .99¢ microtransactions, and they look pretty cool.

[Saving Cap'n Crunch]

I'd gladly trade away any or all of my cards (Exploder, Swarmer, Molly, and We Own Hoxxes IV) for help with the barrel game achievement. I've recently passed 1000 hours of mining but still have no hope of getting it, my coordination is terrible. Hit me up, everyone involved wins.

[STRAIGHT OUTTA FLAVOURTOWN]

wait that achievement can be earned by someone else in the lobby earning the score in time?

[Saving Cap'n Crunch]

I honestly don't know for certain, but forum posts I've skimmed imply yes. And if not, maybe if one person racks the score up high and you get the last shot in?

[Jack left town]

Lifehack: trade with your friends for some useless crap to get missing cards.
Trading cards are an old meme I don't think most steam users care anymore, if any sizeable portion did to begin with. They're a lesson in the NFT memeconomics I suppose, a historical curio.