Steam offers much more than just purchasing PC games. On the platform you can also sell the items you receive from games for a profit. Do you perhaps also have valuable items in your collection?
Steam: Monetize your inventory
You may not realize it, but your Steam inventory could a considerable fortune represent. While playing games on Steam, you will automatically receive various items, including trading cards or skins, and skins in particular can have significant meaning.
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While trading cards are often only worth a few cents, you can get skins from games such as PUBG, Team Fortress 2, CS:GO and Counter-Strike 2 often single to double-digit amounts bring in, but three-digit and four-digit sums can also occur. However, it should be noted that there are restrictions on Steam credit.
The Limit here is 2,000 US dollars and a comparable amount in other currencies. The maximum price for offers on the market is US$1,800 (or equivalent in other currencies). When selling items on the Community Market, the total amount of Steam balance and sales proceeds cannot exceed $2,000 (Source: Steam).
I was recently able to significantly increase my Steam credit by selling some skins from the survival game Rust via the Steam marketplace. Some of these skins were worth several euros. Within a few days I was able to accumulate a credit of around 140 euros. It's not possible to cash out your Steam credit, give it away or transfer it to another Steam account, but you can use it to purchase more games (Source: Steam).
By the way, you can also play your games on the new Steam Deck:
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Where can you find the inventory and when can you sell on the Community Market?
You can find your Steam inventory in just a few steps: Log in (if necessary, leave the family view) → click on your profile picture at the top right → Inventory.
Your inventory is clearly sorted according to the games in which you have items. By clicking on it, you will receive a detailed description of the item and an overview of it to the right its value in the community market and the number of sales within the last 24 hours. You can offer your items directly using the “Sell” button. Please note, however, that Steam Guard must have been activated for at least 15 days in order to use the function (source: Steam).