Steam dishes out digital trading cards for several games, and they are a great way to earn a little credit toward your next purchase. Here is how it works.

But that, too, can have its long-term advantages: by collecting cards and using them to level up your account, you can increase your card drop rate, and earn more money to spend on Steam games.

Steam's hidden feature allows you to sell your trading cards quickly, sets at a time.

Making money from cards is simple: Get cards, sell them on the market, and never actually use them to craft anything. The trick is to act fast, because right now, thanks to the Steam sale, the ...

Card sharks Even at a few cents per card, if you get all those cards from all those games and sell them on the Steam marketplace, you can make a pretty penny. In my many years of Steam trading ...

The Steam Trading Card beta is live now; to join, you’ll need to opt-in to the beta program in your Steam account and then hook up with the Trading Cards Group group.