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Steam has kicked off its annual Winter Sale, and with it, the platform has opened up opportunities to earn free steam cards and craft Steam Awards 2021 badge.
Steam, the biggest PC gaming platform, has played a pivotal role in the development of the PC gaming ecosystem. From shaping a digital gaming library, to no added cost for accessing multiplayer and massive discounts urging players to pick new titles, Steam has pioneered the current PC gaming marketplace and made it a viable user-friendly option.
How to earn Steam Awards 2021 Trading Cards?
The Steam Winter Sale has kicked off with a slew of discounts, with some going as high as 90%, urging players to pick up new titles for their library. The Steam Awards 2021 Trading Card set comprises 10 different cards, and collecting all of them will let players craft a Steam Awards 2021 Badge and proudly display it on their profiles.
So what are the different ways a player can earn a Steam Awards 2021 card? Let’s take a look.
The different ways to get a steam card are as follows:
- Voting in the Steam Awards.
- Browsing Discovery Queue.
- Crafting game badges.
- Trading with friends.
- As a reward for purchasing from the Steam Store.
1) Voting in The Steam Awards
One of the first ways a player can earn a steam trading card is simply by voting for The Steam Awards 2021. As a player-driven endeavor, Steam emphasizes maximum participation from its massive player base.
As such, players can earn a Steam trading card just by voting. There are a total of 10 categories, and voting for each will award the player with one Steam Awards 2021 card, which will result in the player getting 10 cards for free right away.
2) Browsing Discovery Queue
While voting does give the players the maximum amount of cards, it is a one-time affair. So how can a player earn more free cards? Through the Discovery Queue, of course.
Steam Discovery Queue suggests players new titles as a means of enticing them. Players can get a new card just by browsing the Discovery Queue every day during the Steam Winter Sale.
3) Crafting game badges
One of the most effective ways to get new badges as well as new cards is by crafting badges of different games. Most titles on Steam have associating cards, and the sets can range anywhere from 5 cards to 20 cards. Steam gives players a certain number of cards, often 50%, for just playing the game on Steam.
Players can easily acquire the rest of the cards in the set from the trading and community market, and either craft or upgrade a badge. This will give the players a new badge with additional items such as wallpapers or stickers, along with new Steam sale cards.
4) Trading with friends
As a player-driven endeavor, Steam encourages players to stay intact with the rest of the community. All Steam players can easily get multiple free cards following the prior steps, however, completing a set can be a different task altogether.
Often times a player can get multiple versions of the same card, but not a single version of a different card. In such situations, players can reach out to their Steam friends and offer trades to get new cards.
5) As a reward for purchasing from the Steam Store
As the biggest PC gaming platform, Steam is arguably the best place to nurture a digital game library. Even though the PC game market is fractured now more than ever, Steam still has the largest collection of PC games.
During the sale Steam offers massive discounts on titles across the library, and players are rewarded Steam Awards 2021card by simply buying games on Steam.
One thing that should be mentioned about the Steam Awards 2021 Trading Card is that, unlike other game cards, they are perishable. This means they have a set expiry date. That’s why to get the most out of the collected cards, the players should craft Steam Awards 2021 badges or sell them on the Community Market for Steam funds.
How to craft a Steam Awards 2021 Badge?
The Steam Awards 2021 badge can be crafted by players to display it proudly on their profiles. To craft the badge, players need a full set of Steam Awards 2021 cards. The 10-card set comprises of the following cards,
- Better With Friends
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Gameplay
- Labour of Love
- Sit Back and Relax
- Outstanding Visual Style
- Best Soundtrack
- Outstanding Story-Rich Game
- Best Game You Suck at
After collecting all the cards, the player can head over to the badge section and click on the Craft button. This will instantly take the entire set and award the player with a Steam Awards 2021 badge, with additional goodies. The player can also upgrade their badges to higher-levels with new sets of Steam Sale cards.
One of the biggest additional attractions of Steam is the feature of collecting trading cards and crafting badges. Aside from the game-specific cards, Steam also has event-specific trading cards and badges for two of its biggest sales, The Summer and the Winter Sale. The Steam Winter Sale kicked off on December 22, 2021, and will last till January 5, 2022.
