Steam Trading: Out of Beta and available to everyone!

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Steam Trading: Out of Beta and available to everyone!

It seems like just yesterday that we announced the Steam Trading Beta on the Team Fortress blog. That's when we looked it up and discovered we actually announced that four weeks ago, and over one million items and game gifts have been traded by beta testers since then. And that's pretty inspiring. Also, frankly, terrifying. Because when we say it felt like yesterday when we announced that, we mean we literally have no memory of anything from that blog post up until the entire TF2 team woke up in a tub filled with ice cubes this morning. We can't pinpoint specifically which organs we're missing, so we figure our best bet is just to play out the day and see if anything jumps out as different (no heartbeat, inability to go to the bathroom, missing circulatory system, etc.).

At any rate, as of today Steam Trading is officially out of beta, in the Steamworks SDK, and available to everyone. Two new games will now have tradable in-game items: Spiral Knights, the cooperative adventure from Three Rings and Sega, and our own Portal 2. And remember, this is just the beginning. We can't wait to see what our fellow gamers and developers are going to come up with to move Steam Trading forward.

To celebrate, items are on sale in the Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, and Spiral Knights in-game stores.

If you've gotten this far into this blog post and still have no idea what we're talking about, don't sweat it: There's an entire Steam Trading FAQ online to answer any questions you might have.

If, however, you've gotten this far into this blog post and have no idea what we're talking about because you woke up in an ice-filled tub this morning, and are wondering whether that queasy feeling you're having means you "have an upset stomach" or "are liverless", please get in touch with us, because we'd like to compare notes.

Source: Team Fortress blog

[_neutrino Veteran]

nifty.

[inferniac]

Great. Already used it few times :) Bought Deus Ex with my TF2 items/

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Great. Already used it few times :) Bought Deus Ex with my TF2 items/

How did you do that? I thought this was for trading items, whether it be in-game items or games that have been purchased/received as gifts. I didn't know you could use in-game items to buy games on Steam.

[McCordRm]

Pfft. I want to trade games to someone else. :(

[Xtreme2damax]

How did you do that? I thought this was for trading items, whether it be in-game items or games that have been purchased/received as gifts. I didn't know you could use in-game items to buy games on Steam.

Probably went on a trade server, sold his ingame items for real money and used that to buy the game. I looked and I couldn't find any way to trade stuff for credit towards new games.

:Edit: Forgot to mention trading ingame items in exchange for gifted games. As usual there is no way to trade items into Steam directly for credit so you must trade with someone such as a friend.

[+Cryton Subscriber²]

I'm selling the following games for TF2 items:

• Atom Zombie Smasher (4 ref)
  
• Half-Life 2: Episode One (4 ref)
  
• Hitman: Blood Money (4 ref)
  
• Counter-Strike (6 ref)
  
• Trine (6 ref)
  
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (6 ref)
  
• Prince of Persia?: The Sands of Time (6 ref)
  
• Resident Evil? 5 (Bills + 2 keys)
  
• Company of Heroes: Gold (Buds)
  
• Wings of Prey (Bills)
  
• AI War: Alien Bundle (Buds)
  

PM me to discuss prices.

I will not buy any other games, all I have is what is listed above.

I will take hats instead of metal but I will low-ball you on their prices since I'm the one who has to spend his time selling them.

Games are traded using Steam Trade only.

First come, first served.

[Vice]

I'm selling the following games for TF2 items:

• Atom Zombie Smasher (4 ref)
• Half-Life 2: Episode One (4 ref)
• Hitman: Blood Money (4 ref)
• Counter-Strike (6 ref)
• Trine (6 ref)
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (6 ref)
• Prince of Persia?: The Sands of Time (6 ref)
• Resident Evil? 5 (Bills + 2 keys)
• Company of Heroes: Gold (Buds)
• Wings of Prey (Bills)
• AI War: Alien Bundle (Buds)

PM me to discuss prices.

I will not buy any other games, all I have is what is listed above.

I will take hats instead of metal but I will low-ball you on their prices since I'm the one who has to spend his time selling them.

Games are traded using Steam Trade only.

First come, first served.

Buy me Dead Island and I'll give you the Buds, Bills Hat and every other item I have

[giantpotato]

How did you do that? I thought this was for trading items, whether it be in-game items or games that have been purchased/received as gifts. I didn't know you could use in-game items to buy games on Steam.

You trade the items with someone who gifts you the game.

[rajputwarrior]

so i have no idea how this works. something wanna give me the coles notes version of it?

[inferniac]

How did you do that? I thought this was for trading items, whether it be in-game items or games that have been purchased/received as gifts. I didn't know you could use in-game items to buy games on Steam.

You can buy a game on steam as a gift, that gift is a tradable item in Steam Trade Beta, I swapped it for 2 buds and few keys.

[Xtreme2damax]

Reminds me I have some old PC games I'd like to get rid of. I know it sounds weird but I would like to trade them for some ingame items. My reason is that I don't want to pay the prices Valve is asking for items and I want to be able to trade them down the road if I'd like which isn't possible when buying items from the store. Games are Physical copies, so whoever is interested would need to PM me

I have:

Dead Space

Unreal

Painkiller: Special Edition

Still Life

Second Sight

The Suffering: Ties That Bind

Stalker: Clear Sky

Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl

Escape The Museum

Tony Hawk's Underground 2

Cold Fear

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

Splinter Cell, SC: Pandora Tomorrow, SC: Chaos Theory, SC: Double Agent.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Alone in the Dark (2008)

Doom 3

Quake 4

Harbinger

Spider-Man 3

Gears of War

Rainbow Six Vegas

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Max Payne 1 & 2

ORB

Unreal Tournament III

Unreal Tournament 2004 Editors Choice Edition

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Enemy Territory Quake Wars

Halo 2

Prince of Persia (2008)

Far Cry

Crysis

Bioshock

Devil May Cry 4

I don't play these games, they just sit collecting dust. Not only will I not have the time to play them, I am overwhelmed due to the amount of games I have. If I ever feel like playing them I can always re-purchase down the road. Looking for a substantial amount of items and some specific items, refined/reclaimed metal and keys in return. I can throw the games in a box and have them shipped out as early as tomorrow or Friday at the latest.

[rajputwarrior]

so you trade in your actual games for credit towards in game items? can you trade in your current games for new games?

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

You can buy a game on steam as a gift, that gift is a tradable item in Steam Trade Beta, I swapped it for 2 buds and few keys.

Ah, so you didn't "buy" them. I was under the impression that you purchased the game on Steam with TF2 items instead of money.

I used to have so many TF2 items and I regret crafting them away in an attempt to get the golden wrench. :(

so you trade in your actual games for credit towards in game items? can you trade in your current games for new games?

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6748-ETSG-5417

[Xtreme2damax]

I don't want new games. As I said I am overwhelmed with the amount of games I currently have, besides my interest in games is waning and I am mostly playing TF2 nowadays. I also don't feel like going through the hassle of selling the games, I just want to box them up and get rid of them.

[Descartes]

So basically it has come to times when you earn new games by... playing.

This would usually sound to good to be true!

[Reacon]

I have some valuable TF2 hats if anyone has a copy of Deus Ex GOTY that I can gift to a friend.

I'm offering one Vintage Texas Slim's Dome Shine for now.

[inferniac]

I don't want new games. As I said I am overwhelmed with the amount of games I currently have, besides my interest in games is waning and I am mostly playing TF2 nowadays. I also don't feel like going through the hassle of selling the games, I just want to box them up and get rid of them.

You can't exchange games already on your account, they have to be bought as gifts - there's a choice during checkout, whether you want it for yourself or as a gift.

I have some valuable TF2 hats if anyone has a copy of Deus Ex GOTY that I can gift to a friend.

I'm offering one Vintage Texas Slim's Dome Shine for now.

That's a bit too little :)

Deus Ex GOTY is 10$ that would be around 5 keys or 10-11 refined metal.

[Xtreme2damax]

You can't exchange games already on your account, they have to be bought as gifts - there's a choice during checkout, whether you want it for yourself or as a gift.

I am offering physical copies of games, not games on my Steam account.