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Chesmu Mar 18, 2020 @ 5:08pm
Trading Card-drops
How long does it take for games to drop cards, if there is any remaining? Is it random or is there a maximum amount of waiting time?

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Originally posted by wuddih:
flagged accounts: 3 hours for the first drop. (you know when you are flagged when this occurs)

otherwise default is 30 minutes between drops, product owner can modify that timer.

the games do not drop the cards, the Steam playtime you have on the game triggers the drops.
some devs go bonkers and set this to 2 hours per card because they fear damage because of refund policy or they wanna artificially generate playtime on their crap game. those devs are stupid, stop buying games from them.
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Wolf Knight Mar 18, 2020 @ 5:12pm 
its up to that games developer how long it takes for cards to drop
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Kargor Mar 18, 2020 @ 5:15pm 
I don't generally pay a whole lot of attention to this since I let a bot do the trading card stuff, but from my more recent games: "Planet Coaster" got all card drops in 2.9 hours for 3 cards, "Battle Chasers" took 4.8 hours for 7 cards etc. So, it shouldn't generally take too long.
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Chesmu Mar 18, 2020 @ 5:19pm 
Originally posted by Wolf Knight:
its up to that games developer how long it takes for cards to drop

First time hearing this; Are you sure?
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wuddih Mar 18, 2020 @ 5:21pm 
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flagged accounts: 3 hours for the first drop. (you know when you are flagged when this occurs)

otherwise default is 30 minutes between drops, product owner can modify that timer.

the games do not drop the cards, the Steam playtime you have on the game triggers the drops.
some devs go bonkers and set this to 2 hours per card because they fear damage because of refund policy or they wanna artificially generate playtime on their crap game. those devs are stupid, stop buying games from them.
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Chesmu Mar 18, 2020 @ 5:39pm 
Well I got about 6 hours in this game and not a card drop yet. (Writes there is 3 remaining.)
Game is "A Story about my Uncle", which I got for free here.

Looks like it's either a limited edition or I'm doing something wrong.
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wuddih Mar 18, 2020 @ 5:47pm 
for free in jan 2019?

the only game generating playtime? running multiple games can mess with the drops.
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Aachen Mar 18, 2020 @ 5:53pm 
Originally posted by 🐉 Chesmu ☠:
Well I got about 6 hours in this game and not a card drop yet. (Writes there is 3 remaining.)
Game is "A Story about my Uncle", which I got for free here.

Looks like it's either a limited edition or I'm doing something wrong.

If memory serves, I received cards without an excessively-large play-time requirement. I picked the title up when it was a freebie, as well.
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Chesmu Mar 18, 2020 @ 6:27pm 
Originally posted by wuddih:
for free in jan 2019?

the only game generating playtime? running multiple games can mess with the drops.

Yes, I just got two card at once. Looks like it needed more waiting time.
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Apathetic Mar 18, 2020 @ 8:30pm 
ok so card drops are funky on steam if you load up a game you may just get a drop in a few seconds or a few hours. iv had lots of times where i click play and a new item appears in my invent
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DitIsMax Mar 18, 2020 @ 9:28pm 
I never get carddrops.. anyone noticed why?
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Chesmu Mar 19, 2020 @ 8:44am 
Originally posted by *ENCE* IAmSmurvenXxX cs.money:
I never get carddrops.. anyone noticed why?

Probably you need to be in-game and pause it. But waiting time can be a bit more than excepted.
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DitIsMax Mar 19, 2020 @ 3:40pm 
Originally posted by 🐉 Chesmu ☠:
Originally posted by *ENCE* IAmSmurvenXxX cs.money:
I never get carddrops.. anyone noticed why?

Probably you need to be in-game and pause it. But waiting time can be a bit more than excepted.
Thank you for the information!
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Chesmu Mar 19, 2020 @ 3:42pm 
Originally posted by *ENCE* IAmSmurvenXxX cs.money:
Originally posted by 🐉 Chesmu ☠:

Probably you need to be in-game and pause it. But waiting time can be a bit more than excepted.
Thank you for the information!

Sure.
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Count_Dandyman Mar 20, 2020 @ 7:18am 
I will also add I have seen one game which seemed to have things set so that you would get one card drop when closing the game.

Not sure if there was a hard minimum for time before getting the first one but I noticed I only had one drop after completing it in one sitting but each time I launched and closed it after that I got one even if I closed it right away.
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RedDuelist Dec 8, 2024 @ 4:14am 
Originally posted by wuddih:
flagged accounts: 3 hours for the first drop. (you know when you are flagged when this occurs)

otherwise default is 30 minutes between drops, product owner can modify that timer.

the games do not drop the cards, the Steam playtime you have on the game triggers the drops.
some devs go bonkers and set this to 2 hours per card because they fear damage because of refund policy or they wanna artificially generate playtime on their crap game. those devs are stupid, stop buying games from them.

What is a flagged account?
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