All Discussions > Steam Forums > Help and Tips > Topic Details
Skill Trees Mar 17 @ 2:04pm
Where do I go to trade games?
Hello everyone. I have two games (FTL and Fall Out New Vegas Definitive Edition) in my Steam Inventory that I'd like to trade. Where do I find people to trade with? Is there a forum? All I've found is the one for trading cards. Thank you for leading me in the right direction.
< >
Showing 1-15 of 17 comments
Leader of the Zakonistians Mar 17 @ 2:07pm 
I don't think you can trade games. You can only trade items in your Steam inventory. I wish you could trade games, it be pretty cool
#1
RPG Gamer Man Mar 17 @ 2:08pm 
Games are tied to accounts. You are not allowed to trade games as it is against the TOS.

Now if you gift your games to friends, that is a different matter and legitimate. Perhaps you can gift a game to a friend and they can gift you back another game.

NOTE: The game will have to be in your steam inventory and not tied to your account and in your library.
Last edited by RPG Gamer Man; Mar 17 @ 2:16pm
#2
RPG Gamer Man Mar 17 @ 2:10pm 
Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:
I don't think you can trade games. You can only trade items in your Steam inventory. I wish you could trade games, it be pretty cool

They said they are in their inventory.
#3
sandokanski Mar 17 @ 2:26pm 
It's Steam that will be doing the trading. You? You can do gifting. Trading... No, no, no.
#4
Skill Trees Mar 17 @ 2:29pm 
Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:
I don't think you can trade games. You can only trade items in your Steam inventory. I wish you could trade games, it be pretty cool

Sorry I haven't used Steam in a while. Balatro brought me back and I've been buying up popular indie games during the spring sale. The games mentioned are in my inventory, not library. I forget how I got them honestly. Been several years. I also have a bunch of CS2 guns but Steam is saying I have to wait a week after buying a game before I can list them on the community market.
Last edited by Skill Trees; Mar 17 @ 2:31pm
#5
Silicon Vampire Mar 17 @ 2:32pm 
Originally posted by TurnOneYeti:
Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:
I don't think you can trade games. You can only trade items in your Steam inventory. I wish you could trade games, it be pretty cool

Sorry I haven't used Steam in a while. Balatro brought me back and I've been buying up popular indie games during the spring sale. The games mentioned are in my inventory, not library. I forget how I got them honestly. Been years.

No games show in your inventory... and your game library list is set to private...
#6
Ogami Mar 17 @ 2:32pm 
Originally posted by TurnOneYeti:
Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:
I don't think you can trade games. You can only trade items in your Steam inventory. I wish you could trade games, it be pretty cool

Sorry I haven't used Steam in a while. Balatro brought me back and I've been buying up popular indie games during the spring sale. The games mentioned are in my inventory, not library. I forget how I got them honestly. Been years.

Yeah till 2017 you could buy games and store them as gifts in your inventory.
That was discontinued, now you have to send them at once when you buy them.
The exception are multipacks where one copy gets redeemed on your account and the others you can gift away, those still go into your inventory.
#7
Skill Trees Mar 17 @ 2:38pm 
Originally posted by Silicon Vampire:
Originally posted by TurnOneYeti:

Sorry I haven't used Steam in a while. Balatro brought me back and I've been buying up popular indie games during the spring sale. The games mentioned are in my inventory, not library. I forget how I got them honestly. Been years.

No games show in your inventory... and your game library list is set to private...

Don't know why. It says both games are tradable but not marketable. I'll see if I can un-private my account.

I think I fixed it ... there was a toggle saying to keep gifts private.
Last edited by Skill Trees; Mar 17 @ 2:42pm
#8
Silicon Vampire Mar 17 @ 2:41pm 
Valve may have hidden them from Inventory of profile that still have some... probably to stop people from pestering users that have them. I never bothered to look from a different account when I had some...
#9
Skill Trees Mar 17 @ 2:43pm 
Originally posted by Silicon Vampire:
Valve may have hidden them from Inventory of profile that still have some... probably to stop people from pestering users that have them. I never bothered to look from a different account when I had some...

I think I fixed it. Both games are tagged as tradable. When I went to unprivate my account, there was a toggle in regards to keeping steam gifts private.
Last edited by Skill Trees; Mar 17 @ 2:44pm
#10
Skill Trees Mar 17 @ 2:49pm 
Originally posted by Ogami:
Originally posted by TurnOneYeti:

Sorry I haven't used Steam in a while. Balatro brought me back and I've been buying up popular indie games during the spring sale. The games mentioned are in my inventory, not library. I forget how I got them honestly. Been years.

Yeah till 2017 you could buy games and store them as gifts in your inventory.
That was discontinued, now you have to send them at once when you buy them.
The exception are multipacks where one copy gets redeemed on your account and the others you can gift away, those still go into your inventory.

Multipacks is probably how I got them. They are both tagged as tradable but not marketable.
#11
Silicon Vampire Mar 17 @ 3:12pm 
games were never marketable...
#12
Skill Trees Mar 17 @ 3:24pm 
Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:
Games are tied to accounts. You are not allowed to trade games as it is against the TOS.

Now if you gift your games to friends, that is a different matter and legitimate. Perhaps you can gift a game to a friend and they can gift you back another game.

NOTE: The game will have to be in your steam inventory and not tied to your account and in your library.

If I'm not allowed to trade them, why are they tagged as "tradable" in my inventory?
#13
Silicon Vampire Mar 17 @ 3:27pm 
Originally posted by TurnOneYeti:
Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:
Games are tied to accounts. You are not allowed to trade games as it is against the TOS.

Now if you gift your games to friends, that is a different matter and legitimate. Perhaps you can gift a game to a friend and they can gift you back another game.

NOTE: The game will have to be in your steam inventory and not tied to your account and in your library.

If I'm not allowed to trade them, why are they tagged as "tradable" in my inventory?

Don’t worry about it, we are well past that…
#14
J4MESOX4D Mar 17 @ 3:27pm 
Originally posted by TurnOneYeti:
Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:
Games are tied to accounts. You are not allowed to trade games as it is against the TOS.

Now if you gift your games to friends, that is a different matter and legitimate. Perhaps you can gift a game to a friend and they can gift you back another game.

NOTE: The game will have to be in your steam inventory and not tied to your account and in your library.

If I'm not allowed to trade them, why are they tagged as "tradable" in my inventory?
You can trade them for whatever you can get as long as it fits into the window. The difficult thing is finding someone who wants the games you have to trade and them having something you want. Some game forums have trade sub forums so those could be a good starting point especially if people have created threads asking if anyone has the game to trade.
#15
< >
Showing 1-15 of 17 comments
Per page: 1530 50

All Discussions > Steam Forums > Help and Tips > Topic Details
Date Posted: Mar 17 @ 2:04pm
Posts: 17
Start a New Discussion

Discussions Rules and Guidelines