How to get Steam Summer Sale trading cards for free? All cards, badges, how to craft, and more

The Steam Summer Sale is now live, offering amazing prices on your favorite games. Apart from the games, users can also get their hands on some awesome trading cards. These cards are usually available during the Winter and Summer sales on Steam, with each sale offering about ten cards for players to collect and this year is no exception.

Moreover, you don't even have to actively spend money on the sale to get your hands on these cards, and we'll show you how. Let's get into it.

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How to get Steam Summer Sale 2024 cards?

Tons of cards to grab in this year's summer sale (Image via Steam)

There are several ways to get trading cards during the Steam Summer Sale 2024. This can be done through purchasing games or simply exploring what Steam has to offer.

Here are a few ways that you can use to get trading cards during the summer sale:

• Crafting game badges: While the sale is active, every time you craft a game badge, you will get a Steam Sale Trading Card.
• Making purchases: You will also get a Steam Sale Trading Card for every USD 10 you spend during the sale.
• Trade: As the name suggests, you can trade these cards. To find out which of your friends have the cards you want to trade, visit the Steam Sale badge page.
• Community Market: You can sell your duplicate cards on Steam's community market and also buy the ones you need for your collection.
• Discovery queue: If you have a non-limited account, you will get a trading card every day by going through your discovery queue while the sale is active.

That covers all the ways to get the Steam Summer Sale 2024 cards. Let's take a closer look at how you can get cards for free.

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How to get cards for free with Discovery Queue?

To get free cards, open your Steam client and select Discovery Queue from the top-left corner. Now, you will see a queue of around a dozen games, hand-picked by Steam for the user. All you have to do to get your free card is go through the entire queue.

This way, you can get one free card per day until the Steam Summer Sale ends. Let's take a look at all the cards you can collect during the sale.

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All Steam Summer Sale 2024 cards

Steam Summer Sale 2024 cards

Porch Seagull Beach Happy Customer Sand Castle Happy Moment Thinking Seagull Duo Snacking Seagull Playful Cat Existential Seagull

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How to craft Steam Summer Sale 2024 badge?

If you manage to get all ten Summer sale cards, you can craft the sale badge. To do so, head to your badges page, select a ready-to-craft badge, and click on the blue craft button.

Crafting the Steam sale badge will reward you with items, profile XP, and a profile background. The more badges you craft, the more XP and rewards you'll gain.

As long as you have all the trading cards, you can craft infinite badges.

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When will the Steam Summer Sale cards expire?

Make sure to use your cards within 30 days of the sale. After this period, your cards will become untradeable and unmarketable.

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How to buy Steam Summer Sale cards on the marketplace?

To buy summer sale cards on the marketplace, follow these steps:

• Launch Steam client
• Click on Community and select Market
• Search for the card you want in the search bar on the right.

You can now bid for the card you need and finish your collection.