Steam Trading Cards are virtual cards earned by playing games on Steam that can be combined into game badges.

Collect cards

Play any of the participating Trading Cards games to get trading cards. Up to half the card set is dropped through game play, the other half is earned through your collecting prowess.

Craft game badges

Once you've collected a set of cards you can craft them into a game badge. Like the current badges, they are tied to your account and are shown on your profile. Unlike the current badges, crafting games badges earns you tradable items like emoticons, profile backgrounds, and coupons. Level up your badge by collecting the set again and earning more items.

Level up

All badges now have XP which contributes to your Steam Level, a summary of your badge collection. You can view someone's Steam Level by hovering over their avatar. Leveling up earns you non-tradable items like profile showcases, extra friends list slots, and more.

Visit the update page for more details. You can discuss trading cards in this group's General Discussions Forum, or look for other collectors to trade with in the Trading Forum.

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RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Changes to gift tradability

November 24, 2014 - Drunken F00l | 1800 Comments

All new games purchased as a gift and placed in the purchaser's inventory will be untradable for 30 days. The gift may still be gifted at any time. The only change is to trading.

We've made this change to make trading gifts a better experience for those receiving the gifts. We're hoping this lowers the number of people who trade for a game only to have the game revoked later due to issues with the purchaser's payment method.

Trade Offer, Emoticon, and Background updates

February 18, 2014 - al | 1255 Comments

We have several small changes today around trade offers, emoticons, and profile backgrounds:

You can once again include a note with your trade offer, and these will display in a new style.
Emoticons are now supported in profile descriptions and showcases.
Emoticons are also supported in group announcements
The emoticon popup is now sorted by game name, then by emoticon name.
Emoticon item descriptions in inventory, trade, and market will now show a preview of the small size emoticon.
Profile background item descriptions in inventory, trade, and market now have a link to preview the background full-size.