How to make money on Steam - 10 ways to make money on Steam

Steam is both a gaming platform and an online service. Here gamers compete in various popular cyber disciplines, such as Dota 2 and CS: GO, and buy almost any licensed PC games and some programs.

The service is visited daily by more than 10 million people. With such a large audience, it can be used not only for entertainment, but also for earning money. One of the advantages of this social gaming network is the presence of a special trading platform for players. Imagine a market with millions of buyers and sellers from all over the world. Only, unlike a regular market, they sell not tomatoes and cucumbers, not jeans and T-shirts, but very specific goods: gifts, collectible cards, skins, capsules with stickers for CS, profile backgrounds, emoticons, gems, etc. This, and more, is make money .

What is Steam

Steam is a popular platform for gamers. Those get the opportunity to compete or purchase new PC products. Free games are also offered, but the selection is limited. To reduce costs, use a special trading platform developed by the creators of the service.

There are more than 10 million players on it every day, so the sale of specific goods and services is brisk. But you will need to study the demand and find out what skins, emoticons or gifts to offer to customers.

Where to start earning money: client installation and registration

New to Steam? Registration is quick and does not require much effort.

1. Go to the main page, select “Login”, click “Create an account”.

   

2. Please enter your desired display name and check availability. Enter your email address (2 times), enter the captcha and confirm that you have read and accepted the terms and conditions.

   

3. A confirmation email will be sent to the specified email address. Follow the link to activate your account.

   

4. Select “Install Steam” and follow the instructions.

In a few minutes the program will install and you will be able to play or make purchases. But you will also have to take care of access to the trading platform. It is limited to avoid the influx of scammers. To gain access, top up your account with $5 or buy multiple games. You can transfer money through terminals or directly into the system, indicating the payment card number. Full access to the market will be given 30 days after the 1st purchase.

You can use a WebMoney wallet or transfer funds from Visa or MasterCard.

How and where to start?

If you are not connected in any way with Steam and computer games, you will have to invest both money and time in this service. Moreover, there is much more of the latter. Let's figure out how to install the service and activate your account.

1. Go to the official website of the gaming community: https://store.steampowered.com/?l=russian

2. Click the “Download Steam” button at the top.

3. Click “Install” on the next page.

4. The standard installer will download to your computer. We launch it and follow the simple instructions inside.

5. Launch the program. Click “Create a new account.”

6. We go through registration, which also consists of several simple steps: creating a nickname and password, confirming your email address and phone number.

Entry threshold

So, a Steam account has been created, but that’s not all. The service does not activate the account until $5 is credited to it. This is a threshold for entry that leaves not the poor, but the scammers outside the gates.

Five bucks can be spent in two ways:

• transfer this amount to your Steam wallet;
• buy one or more games.

It’s better to just deposit money into your wallet; it will come in handy in the future. After this, the account will be activated, but some functions will still be unavailable - more on that later.

Selling game accounts

It is not officially allowed to trade accounts, but it is not difficult to find a buyer on third-party platforms. You will have to make an initial investment and select worthwhile games, focusing on the interests of the potential client. With the right approach, expenses can be reduced:

1. The administration holds sales every weekend, which allows you to purchase the game for 20% of the original cost. But don't waste money on everything. Determine the direction you are heading in and buy quality games. Make sure you choose so that your purchases don’t become cheaper later.
2. Use price filters. In the category up to 150 rubles. you will find interesting offers.
3. Large sales are held every few months. Keep an eye on prices in the summer and before the New Year.

Place offers to sell your account on gaming forums or special platforms. The site https://buytoplay.ru/ has proven itself well, because the risk of fraud is minimal.

The established cost should not exceed the total price of the selection without discounts. Depending on the games, it can range from $5-6 to $175. You can determine the price of your account using a special service: enter your ID or provide a link to your profile to make a calculation. Not only the number of games is taken into account, but also the presence of bans, experience in running games, and the state of the inventory (the presence of interesting items increases the cost). Competition in the market is also important, so don’t rush to sell your account right away.

There is no point in specially leveling up in hit positions: it will take more than one year to achieve the required level in CS. Automatic pumping is associated with risks, since the system runs Valve AntiCheat. The service bans overly enterprising players, and the account price drops.

Be careful, because some Steam fans report to the administration when they see offers for sale. Back in 2011, the owners of the site banned a user who was trying to make money on his account. The total cost of the games he purchased was $1,800, but after the ban, the poor guy lost access to them and did not receive any profit.

Trading accounts

This method can be very profitable. At the same time, it’s easier to understand than selling cards and other items. The whole point comes down to the fact that the user simply purchases games at discounts. When a large number of games have accumulated, the account can be sold, allowing another gamer to save on buying games, and making money himself.

This method of earning money requires financial investment and time. There is little point in buying games for 15 rubles that no one will need later. It’s better to make a list of good games and, following it, buy, for example, shooters, RPGs or the entire GTA series and its clones. You will have to spend at least 1000 rubles. The more you invest, the greater the benefit. There are players who received from 1000 rubles to 5000-6000.

If finances allow, it is convenient to maintain several such accounts at once in order to grow the amount two to three times more in one period. Moreover, if you accumulate a lot of games on your account, not everyone will be able to buy it later.

Sales

It is better to buy toys during major sales. These take place in mid-summer, autumn and before the New Year. At this time, in addition to the general price reduction, various promotions may be carried out, for example, a strong discount for just one day. You need to seize the moment.

Keys

At first glance, this method of filling your account with games is the most profitable. Keys are sets of characters, after entering which in Steam (shown in the picture above) the game is obtained. They are cheaper than the games themselves if you buy them through the service. However, there are many scammers among merchants: they can slip in a key that does not work or gives access to the wrong game. Therefore, looking for a good site with keys is always a risk.

Again, you shouldn’t waste money on various junk. But you can buy more popular games if finances allow.

Here are a couple of such sites:

• darkgame.info
• perpetuumshop.ru

How to sell an account?

It is better to sell your account through special platforms. For example, this one: https://buytoplay.ru/. It's safer to do it on them. You can encounter scammers on social networks and forums.

Also, under no circumstances should you sell your account in Steam communities. There it is strictly prohibited by the rules of the service, and you can easily get banned.

Farming and selling cards

Making money on cards is a common way to raise money to purchase games. What will you need to do? Just play! Cards are collectible items that are farmed as you progress. They drop out as you play, and you collect them into badges. But you can collect 2-3 cards without outside help. The rest have to be purchased, which gives budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to earn money.

Start by checking out the list of games where you can farm cards. Go to the “Store”, click “View all” and in the filters look for the “By characteristics” section. Check the box next to “Trading cards”. Choose games within 19-20 rubles, look for a topic that interests you. Look how much they offer for cards: gamers share information in reviews. Choose a game cheaper than the total amount that can be earned from selling farm.

The price of cards depends on rarity: some copies are sold for 100 rubles. Foil Cards are highly expensive, but they are also rare.

How to get cards

If you are playing on the court, you have collected cards without even knowing it. When passing through, they are issued approximately once every 30 minutes. Thanks to the cards, gamers increase their Steam Level, collect profile badges (they do not provide real benefits) and receive stickers for chats. But these functions are useless for you, so it’s better to sell the cards.

To look at the assortment, go to the installed program, click on the name and select “Badges” (they are also called badges). If there are no cards or you do not want to sell the existing ones, start the game. The site takes into account the time spent in it, so you can press Alt+Tab and go about your business while farming continues.

Inventive users have found a more profitable method. To get cards, they install the Steam Idle Master program. Its use does not violate the rules of the site.

The program simulates being in the game, automatically switching all the positions that are in your store. She also monitors the icons page, checking which cards are still available. But there is a drawback: games purchased on Steam can be returned if you spent less than 120 minutes in them. When using Idle Master you risk losing this feature.

How to sell cards

To sell cards, log into your account and click on the image of the envelope. In your profile, select “New items in inventory”. Click on the card you want and find “Sell”. You will be shown the average price for the selected item, which will allow you to determine the cost. Mark cards for sale and confirm your selection.

How profitable is it to earn money this way? It depends on the funds spent. After releases, cards are expensive, but when games go on sale, you won’t be able to farm valuable items.

Selling inventory on the Marketplace

To earn money, you only need to have an active Steam account, an activated virtual wallet (read how to replenish and activate your wallet here) and a desire to earn money.

You can sell your inventory on the Steam Marketplace and thereby earn money:

• Select any of your in-game items or cards from the inventory menu;

• At the very end of the description, above the green “Sell” button, the amount for which this item was sold on the trading platform over the last 24 hours is indicated;

• To sell an item, click on the green “Sell” button;
• Now select the amount for which you want to sell the item (note that not every item can be sold), and confirm your actions by clicking “Yes, put up for sale”;

• As soon as someone decides to purchase the item you put up, money will be sent to your Steam wallet.

Selling and exchanging Gifts on Steam

What is Gift on Steam? Essentially, this is purchasing a game or item not for yourself, but as a gift. The word, derived from the English gift, was known to everyone who wanted to make money on the site. After all, you could buy the game cheaply, choosing from the available offers, and sell it at a higher price to another region. The buyers were foreigners (prices are often higher for them) or users who did not have time to take advantage of the promotion. But the company Valve, which developed and maintains the platform, began to fight the trade in Gifts.

The following changes occurred in 2020:

1. The main disadvantage for those who want to make money is that you cannot buy a game cheaply in the Russian Federation and sell it to a foreigner. Previously, the price difference reached 50%, so trading was profitable. But after the new restrictions, it will not be possible to send a gift if the difference in cost is noticeable. To make money, you will have to sell games in bulk, which makes it difficult to find buyers. Retail sales are unprofitable due to the small difference in cost.
2. Purchasing into your own inventory for subsequent trading has become unavailable. You will have to immediately indicate who the gift is intended for. It is also no longer possible to send it by email.
3. If the recipient refuses the gift, it is not returned to your inventory. They will simply transfer the money back to you.

As a result, earnings from gifts that were promising in the past do not bring much benefit. It is inferior compared to other methods, so look for alternatives.

If you still want to sell the game to another user, follow these steps:

1. Select the one you need in the store, click on it. Click “Add to Cart”.
2. Select “Buy as a gift”, find your friend’s nickname in the list.

   

3. Specify a suitable payment method (WebMoney or card).

   

When sending a gift, don't worry about the recipient's honesty. After all, Gifts can be recalled through technical support. But the number of gifts per day is limited - no more than 10 pieces. Taking into account regional restrictions, it is unlikely that you will be able to earn a significant amount.

Tasks - making money online on Steam

There are several large projects where you can earn money through simple tasks. Payments from them are made directly to your Steam account.

Due to this, many users receive games for free. There are different orders, but most of all they pay for registering and completing games:

According to reviews, some manage to collect enough money in a week to purchase GTA5. Just don’t think that doing the job is easy and simple, you will have to spend a lot of time.

For the same 450 credits indicated in the example above, you can buy a SteamGold key. Look for assignments on these sites:

• ;
• ;
• ;
• .

The last two sites offer fulfillment of orders outside of games. There they ask you to subscribe on social networks, download a mobile application, register, and so on.

To transfer money to Steam from CoinsUp, you need to collect only 150 credits (that’s 15 rubles). For some tasks the reward is over 1000 credits. On VkTarget the minimum wage is 25 rubles.

How to make money selling things on Steam Trader

If you are willing to make a small investment, the “buy low and sell high” method is at your disposal. To make the task easier, install the Steam Trader Helper extension: it works with the Google Chrome browser.

After completing the installation, select a popular game that you understand. For example, let's look at Dota 2: there are enough items for it. It is important not to buy everything, but to find things that are in demand. If you make a mistake with your choice, there is a risk of spending money on an item and not selling it even at cost.

A graph showing price fluctuations for an item

Do you understand the nuances and can find things that players need? Don't forget to check the price chart. Pay attention to the difference between the top and bottom points, because the larger it is, the more profitable the possible deals.

After installing Steam Trader Helper, an additional button will appear next to each item. By clicking Add in STH, you give the extension a command to buy the selected items (specify the appropriate price and quantity). But you will have to wait a week to exchange or sell: these are the rules of the site.

How to sell profitably

After the specified period, put the items up for sale. If you're willing to shell out some cash, purchase the paid version of Steam Trader Helper. With its help, trade will go faster. But there are also options that do not require investment. These include Steam Inventory Helper: thanks to its clear interface you will speed up the sales process.

To begin with, limit yourself to cheap items, focusing on volumes. If you buy an item for 0.65 rubles and sell it for 1 ruble, you will receive 35 kopecks. Although the profit is small, after 100 trades you will have enough money to purchase a cheap game. And when purchasing an item for 100 rubles. you can sell it in a week for 150 rubles. But there is a risk that after a while the price will fall, and it will not even be possible to reach 0. After all, you still have to pay a percentage to the trading platform!

Before moving on to larger amounts, make sure you know all the intricacies and nuances of the process. After all, the Steam commission is 15%. It is easier for beginners to purchase 1000 items in a week than to wait for a profitable buyer.

If you still have questions about how to make money on Steam using Trader Helper, watch the video:

How to make money by selling accounts

And the last method, which is a more advanced variation of the previous points, is selling Steam game profiles. The user purchases games, collects collections and items, promotes his account, and then sells it.

Be careful - buying, selling and transferring game accounts is prohibited by the rules of the Steam service. We warned you, the rest is up to you, little delinquents!

To get the most out of the deal, you will have to constantly monitor discounts on popular games. Steam regularly launches sales and promotions. Every weekend, prices for a number of games drop to 80%, and twice a year - in the summer and closer to Christmas - there is a massive sale, where you can buy even the most expensive games for a symbolic 100-200 rubles.

Advertisement in the community for selling steam accounts

Don't buy everything - choose only the most interesting and popular games.

After purchasing and promoting your account, you need to start looking for a buyer. Advertisements can be posted on social networks, forums and other sites. There you can also find guarantors who will ensure a safe transaction.

Follow all stages of the guarantor’s work: perhaps one day you will be able to open your own VKontakte group and become an intermediary for transactions on Steam!

Skins: what to consider

Trading skins follows the same principle as trading cards. They partially change the appearance (color) of the weapon, but do not affect the characteristics. Skins can be called skins that are liked by experienced players.

They are mainly traded by gamers specializing in Dota 2 and Counter-Strike. You can buy them and resell them, but there is still a risk that the value will not increase. If there are a lot of skins, the price drops, so you need to monitor the situation. But experts who understand Dota 2 and Counter-Strike, Rust and PayDay will find skins for $100.

Sometimes they are sold on third-party sites, but the likelihood of fraud remains high. Try trading on SkinXChange, a site with a reliable reputation among gamers.

The cost is affected by the rarity of the skin, and the following categories are distinguished:

• consumer goods;
• industrial quality;
• military quality;
• prohibited;
• classified;
• secret;
• extraordinarily rare.

In addition to rarity, the degree of wear, which is determined by the quality of the paint, is also important.

When making money on skins, you need to navigate the situation and know seasonal trends. After all, before the release of operations for CS: GO, the cost drops; shop during this time. Later, prices return to their previous level, which allows you to make money.

Let's look at an example: the cost of AWP ǀ Pixel camouflage in slightly worn condition before the operation was 1,500 rubles. After 2-3 days it dropped by 500 rubles, and I made a purchase. We have to wait 3 months. and sell the skin for 1,700 rubles. The price has risen because of the 100-150 copies that were on sale after the start of the operation, only 20 remained.

Using discounts

Quite regularly, various discounts are announced on the Steam platform. Both games and individual game elements can be sold at a reduced price. How to make money from all this?

Everything is very simple. You need to carefully monitor when and what is sold at a discount, and then, when the sale period ends, sell at a price slightly lower than the nominal price. Most often, this is how you make money in Counter Strike GO or Dota 2. Although, if you figure it out and gain experience, you can make a profit on any toy.

Capsules, backgrounds and emoticons

You can also get money for playing games on the Internet using capsules. They contain stickers for weapons, and items drop during competition in Counter-Strike. Initially they are sold at a high price, but later the price drops. Then it rises again, although you have to wait 6 months for this stage.

How much can you earn from capsules? Profit depends on luck and your knowledge in the field. You can spend $2 and get $300, but sometimes you can barely cover your expenses. Let's look at an example: a capsule with a sticker initially cost 3 rubles, then 8 rubles. Later the price decreased to 4 rubles. Such downturns and declines come in waves, and it is only important to choose the moment.

Backgrounds and emoticons also bring profit, but only rare options. You can get them for game experience or crafting badges. But in most cases, crafting is not profitable: despite promises, Valve rarely provides popular backgrounds or sought-after emoticons. In discussions on the forum, gamers come to the conclusion that badges are a waste of money. Crafting is complex and unpredictable, because you will need to buy games or cards that are in short supply. In 89% of cases, stickers or emoticons received for badges are not needed; But some options, if the buyer likes them, can be sold profitably.

Gamers also sell stickers obtained from capsules. The price is determined by rarity: items are divided into regular, holographic and metal.

Types of Price Stickers

How cards work

First, a few words about how to receive cards for those who are not registered on Steam or have never been interested in the process. Thematic cards appear in your Steam inventory after you spend a couple of hours in the game. Their number varies from 5 to 10, but the player will receive only half of this number. To get the rest, you will have to trade with other players, or go to the Steam Market and buy there.

The user sets the price for the card based on the last price posted on the trading platform. For example, another user’s price is 5 rubles, yours is 4 rubles 95 kopecks. The proceeds go to the internal Steam wallet, but it is impossible to withdraw money from it.

After collecting all the cards, the player presses a special button, after which a beautiful icon is “forged” from the cards. Icons have a level: the more icons we create, the higher it is. There is also another way to get cards: instead of selling game items, you can turn them into gems, and from them you can make a set of cards.

Creating badges increases the player's personal level in the Steam profile, which in turn affects the frequency of card packs and additional slots for new friends. At level 40, packs with cards dropped out to me once every two weeks, sometimes more often. What game will the pack be for? This is hard to predict since it all depends on the popularity of the game and the number of badges created by the community. Most often, card sets dropped from little-known indie games, visual novels, and games that had recently appeared on Steam, from which I had already pinned an icon.

No one is safe from identical cards after unpacking the set.

After forging the badge, the player will receive an additional background for their profile, a discount coupon (usually only for niche indie games), and an emoticon for chat. Backgrounds and emoticons can also be sold, and they are divided into three categories: common, uncommon and rare. Items marked "rare" often cost a couple of hundred rubles, which in some cases will pay for the full cost of the game. It all depends on how popular the game is, because in popular games prices for items are quickly reduced to a minimum.

This is how the icons change as you level up. The last icon is “metal”.

In addition to standard cards, there are “metal” cards (very rare). Most of them cost up to 400 rubles apiece, and the price depends on the popularity of the game. A special “metal” badge is created from these cards.

These 12 metal badges are valued at several thousand dollars.

Why is all this needed? To some extent - because it's exciting. Comparable to the feeling from childhood when you were bought a Kinder Surprise and you don’t know what toy will be inside. Here, instead of toys, rare emoticons and backgrounds drop out that can be used or simply sold.

CityScape is my favorite background from Terra Incognita ~ Chapter One: The Descendant. The developers took it from the game Streets of Rage. The approximate price at the time of writing is 12 rubles.

How to make money on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

There are a variety of ways to make money on CS: GO:

1. You can buy an operation and during its course receive a drop, which you can sell later.
2. A regular drop brings 400 rubles. in Week. You won't get any tangible profits, but it will be enough to buy games.
3. There will be no difficulties with bidding and trading due to the breadth of the audience.
4. When holding tournaments, you will place bets on the team.

The disadvantages of this option include the need for preparation: you will need knowledge of the nuances. Let's figure out how to quickly make money on Steam by playing games.

Watching CS:GO streams

Nowadays, broadcasts of various eSports gaming championships on services such as Twitch have become very popular. You can even earn money by watching the championships of some games. To do this, you need to go to such a broadcast, and following the instructions on the channel, link your Steam account to the drawing of items. After this, all you have to do is watch the broadcast and enjoy the new items that will fall into your Steam inventory.

This method of making money on CS:GO streams is especially popular. In principle, you don’t even have to watch the game stream, you just need to open the broadcast tab in your browser, and you can continue doing other things while you receive boxes with CS:GO items. Dropped items, as always, must be sold on the Steam trading platform.

Betting: Take Smart Risks

If you wish, you can place bets on the site, but this type of earnings is risky. You will need to understand the nuances, which only avid gamers can handle. But they also lose significant amounts. Risks are associated with the following:

1. When international championships are held, the probability of an outcome of 322 increases to the skies. What does this mean? This is what is called a deliberate drain when the entire team or gamer wants to make money on bets. The meme appeared after a Dota 2 tournament, when a player under the nickname Solo drew attention to the odds against his team. That one was 3.22. The player decided to bet $100 against himself, lose the competition and win $322. The story received wide publicity, although the reaction of gamers was ambiguous (the team members did not even receive a salary, so the desire to earn money is understandable). The distinguished Alexey Berezin, hiding behind the nickname Solo, became a successful streamer.
2. Silly championships with small budgets also end in deliberate failures. This negates the analytics work.

Have you decided to place a bet? Focus on team preparation, not percentages or odds.

Operations and income

Operations are campaigns that are conducted online; During their course, gamers get skins. You have to pay for participation (up to 400 rubles), but there is no guarantee of payback. But avid gamers can't go wrong: during the validity period they go through more than 60 missions, receiving the same number of items.

For example, I bought an operation for 240 rubles. and gave 250 rubles. for the additions. As a result, I got an item worth almost 3,000 rubles. It was a CZ-75 ǀ Bowl, and at the time of the drop the price did not exceed 400 rubles. The cost increased towards the end of the operation, when I made the sale.

Crafting weapons or items

The game allows you to create items that you can later sell. Skins are in demand, because depending on their rarity, they are painted in different colors: consumer goods white, industrial quality - light blue, etc.

When you collect 10 guns of the same rarity, you can craft an item of the next level. Do you have enough consumer goods to produce industrial quality? You will receive an exchange contract, open it and select the 10 desired types. All you have to do is click on “Exchange”, leave a signature and send. As a result, you will receive a new item.

Crafting blindly is not a good idea, so use the Steam recipes.

Secrets of making money on Steam

To increase your income, pay attention to the following:

1. Don’t rush to earn money right away: get comfortable with the service, understand the trends. It is easier for experienced gamers to predict developments in the market.
2. To quickly earn income, trade cards or upgrade weapons in Counter-Strike. But withdrawing money will take time if you don’t sell things for real currency.
3. It is most profitable to trade accounts, skins and cards. Crafting weapons also brings income.
4. Fans of CS:GO who have already purchased the game will be able to do without investment. You can get money to start on sites with tasks. Check out Gamer.cash, which offers payment for registering in games and reaching a certain level. Money can be withdrawn to electronic system wallets and spent on Steam. Tremorgames.com offers similar conditions, and in a week it’s possible to raise funds to purchase CS: GO.
5. Do not neglect such a method as trade. Find a buyer in a thematic community, then add him as a friend on the site. In the chat you will find the “Offer an exchange” button, after which select items for sale in your inventory. In it - mark what you want. If the user agrees to the proposed conditions, he will confirm the transaction. Do the same and get the desired items.

The bad news is that Steam doesn't generate revenue comparable to that of promoting social media accounts. It will not be possible to quit your official job and extract income from the site: the profits are small, and there are many additional factors influencing the result.

Where to start making money on Steam?

The Steam project is more than just a gaming platform. It brings together people with the same interests, gamers communicate here, compete, and even have their own trading platform.

The daily traffic of the project is above 10 million users from all over the world , it is difficult to even imagine what kind of money turnover is carried out here.

Our blog has instructions on how to stream on Twitch; for experienced players and talented speakers, this is a good option to earn decent money.

Naturally, most people use Steam for entertainment, but some make money at the same time. Typically, several basic methods are used:

• accounts sale;
• trading cards, skins, etc.;
• rates;
• completing tasks.

If you do not already use the Steam program, you will have to download it to your PC and go through the usual registration. After this, you need to activate your account by depositing at least $5 into your account.

This is a common protection against scammers and spammers, and the money will be useful to you later, for example, to purchase profitable game items for resale.

How can a teenager earn money for games on Steam?

Earning money on Steam is suitable for teenagers or gamers who want to cut down on hobby costs. According to reviews, the income is modest: on the forum, an actively trading user says that he bought more than 170 games at sales that he did not even launch. The goal was to obtain cards for further sale. The result? In 3 years, the user earned 7,000 rubles. For a teenager, this is a significant amount of money that can be spent on games. It’s easier for an adult gamer to allocate 200 rubles. per month on a hobby, but save time on selling cards and monitoring the market situation.

Types of items that can be traded

Trading items is the most common method of making money on Steam. There are a lot of different in-game and in-service items here. They can be divided into three groups: cards, skins, and other collectibles.

Buying/Selling Steam Accounts

One way to make money is by selling your account to another person. Naturally, this is prohibited by the site rules, but this action is very difficult to calculate. And the essence of selling an account is quite simple.

Let's say you've been using it for a long time, but want to stop playing on the computer. Suddenly you find out that other people are interested in your account, and for good reason, because you have a pretty good history of purchased games. In this case, you can try to sell it. The cost should be somewhat less than the total cost of all the games you purchased, otherwise there is no point in buying it.

Many people have already sold more than one Steam account. They simply buy games at discounts, stockpile large quantities of them, and then sell them at a price slightly lower than the price without discounts. It turns out to be a profit, albeit quite small. But if you are interested in such games, then the pleasure can also bring money.

In addition, there are a large number of other sites on the Internet that pay for completing the necessary tasks. If you complete several tasks and earn money there, you can deposit them into your Steam account. The money you earn there can be used to buy new games. This option is suitable for those who do not want to contribute personal money to games.

If you don’t know how to make money on Steam, then you can buy games en masse at so-called auctions, and after a while sell them at a price slightly lower than the current one. In this case, you have a chance that one of the users will want to buy it. This should not be regarded as full-time income, most likely as money that can be spent on new games.

Selling cards on Steam

Another way to make money on Steam is the annual sale. Every year it occurs on different dates and lasts a couple of days. During her time you can earn a little extra money. The easiest way to earn money here is to sell Steam cards, which are necessary, first of all, to gain experience in Steam. This makes it possible to increase the number of your friends in the system, and even get a metal card, which can be sold for 1000 rubles. When selling cards, be sure to follow the Steam discount system on the website.

Sale and exchange of gifts (steam games) on Steam

If you still want to learn how to make money on Steam, you can do this by selling and exchanging games with foreigners. We sell games at a price much lower than in Europe or the USA, and they don’t have some at all. Therefore, you can order a game from us and then sell it at exorbitant prices to a foreigner. You can also make an exchange when he buys you an expensive game.

How to withdraw money from Steam

The amounts received on the site are usually spent by gamers on games or other items. After all, there is no official conclusion from Steam: the owners do not promote the service as a platform for making money. But there are workarounds:

1. Sell ​​things on third-party sites like dota2.net, which allow withdrawal to electronic wallets. The disadvantages include the difference in price: you have to dump in order to get money faster. To reduce losses, use a third-party service and view prices. Compare the price with offers on Steam: if it is lower, buy items on the official site and list them here. But keep in mind that after purchasing you have to wait 7 days: immediate resale is not available. The price may change during this time.
2. Contact intermediaries like . Get ready to pay a commission, and for the 1st withdrawal it is 34%. In the future, you will get a couple of percent off, but the amount will remain prohibitive.
3. Look for buyers on forums and negotiate payment by card or wallet in the electronic system. The disadvantages include the risk of deception.

Since income on Steam is small, it is most profitable to spend money on the system. After all, to earn money you will have to work hard, and only avid gamers have the necessary skills and abilities. Earning income on the site is more likely to save you from additional expenses on a hobby than to provide an opportunity to earn money in real life.