How to Get Points for Free in Steam

If you have recently joined Steam, you might have realized there is nothing much you can do about your profile customization or leveling up without Steam points. You need to accumulate points by buying games, DLC, soundtrack, and other products. But sometimes, you might want to avoid digging deeper into your pocket to earn points. So, can you earn Steam points for free?

This article discusses the methods you can use to get free Steam points.

How to Get Steam Points for Free

Steam points are by-products of real money and are the means of transaction on Steam’s point shop. With Steam points, you can do so much. First, you can level up your account to unlock more profile features. Second, you can buy profile customization products like frames, animated avatars, and backgrounds.

The most popular way of earning Steam points is buying Steam products, which earn you 100 points per spent dollar. For example, if you purchase a game like BattleBit Remastered, which costs $14.99, you’ll earn 1,499 points. From an economic perspective, you might need to spend more to accumulate enough points for leveling up and customizing your profile.

Fortunately, Steam provides other ways of earning points without spending money on the platform. What are some of these ways?

1. Making Reviews of the Games You Have

Have you ever purchased a game and wished you’d know more about it before buying it? You can help other gamers determine if a game is for them by giving reviews about the game. Not only is this helpful for other players but you might earn yourself some reward points in the process.

Below each game you play on Steam, you’ll find a section asking if you’d recommend the game to another player. If you click on it, a window opens where you can rate the game and type your review. You can post your review to your private community or the public.

If your review is moved to the page of the most helpful reviews, it gets the point award button below it. Any gamer who finds your review useful can click on it to award you points. The good thing is your post remains on the platform, and you can keep getting reward points well into the future.

Writing a game review doesn’t need to be complicated. You only need to play the game and formulate your opinion of what you liked or disliked about the game.

2. Asking People to Gift You an Award

Steam offers several awards, ranging from 300 points and above, that you can gift to other users on the platform. If your friends have accumulated Steam points that they don’t use, you can request they gift them to your profile.

For someone to give points to you, they have to open your profile and select the yellow award icon to gift you points. Once it opens, they can select a gift equal to the number of points they want to gift you. This transfers the points from their account to yours.

3. Making Guides for the Games You Love

Steam allows users to make guides for games they’re knowledgeable about to offer support to new players. While you might enjoy writing guides, you might also benefit from point awards gifted to you by players for your helpful insights.

To create a guide for a game, follow these steps:

1. Open your Steam account and go to the “Community Hub.”
   
2. Tap the game for which you want to create a guide. On the horizontal menu at the top, select “Guide.”
   
3. Navigate to the right side of the window and select “Create guide.”
   
4. In the upper section, enter your guide’s title.
   
5. In the next one, tap “Choose file” to browse a thumbnail image from your device for the guide.
   
6. Next, type your guide in the “Describe your guide” section.
   
7. Select the “Category” and “Language” of the game guide.
   
8. Confirm at the bottom that you’re the original creator of the guide, and tap “Save and continue.”
   

When your guide gets a high rating, it’ll get featured in the “Most Popular” category, and users can reward you points for your contribution.

4. Uploading Images to Steam Artwork Section

If your favorite game inspires you to create artwork, you can upload it as a showcase on Steam and earn award points if viewers like it. However, you must achieve level 10 to showcase your artwork or spend at least a dollar on Steam products. Also, the content you upload should be game related. If you upload other types of content, Steam moderators will reject it.

After making your artwork, you can upload it to your profile using these steps:

1. Log in to your Steam account and open your profile.
   
2. Navigate to the right sidebar and tap “Artwork.” On the page that appears, tap “Upload artwork.” Select “Not-game specific” on the next page.
   
3. The above step brings you to the “Upload artwork page.”
   
4. Tap “Choose file” in the middle section and select the artwork you want to upload from your device. Also, give your artwork a title.
   
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and select “I certify that I have created this artwork.” It is important to upload your original work to avoid violating Steam’s copyright rules.
   
6. Tap “Save and continue.”
   

Your showcase now goes to your profile. Whoever likes it can give you a points award.

5. Crafting Badges from Free Games

Not all free games on Steam give badges. When you find one that does it through sorting, the game will drop cards for you, which you can use to craft a badge. But most of the time, the cards drop slowly, and you might finish the game before collecting a complete set.

You can use your inventory items to trade for the missing cards with your friends or buy them at the community shop. Once you have a complete set of cards, craft a badge worth 100 points. You can upgrade some badges up to five times by completing predefined requirements. So, from a single badge, you can make up to 500 points.

6. Participating in Community Events

Steam holds events regularly to increase community engagement. Sometimes, community members may be asked to complete certain tasks, achieve a goal, or do anything else. If you participate in these events, you might get an event badge, usually worth 100 points.

Also, you can get free points by earning a community badge, which requires you to perform simple tasks such as adding friends, playing a free game, or posting a screenshot. It has three levels worth 100, 200, and 500 points. You increase your chances of winning the badges if you remain active on the Steam platform.

7. Having Years of Experience

Earning Steam points for your years of experience is the best free way of earning points. Every year, from the time you join Steam, you receive anniversary points. For the first year, you receive 50 points. Each year, the points increase by 50. So on your second Steam anniversary, you’ll receive 100 points.

Grab Free Steam Points

If you want to earn free Steam points, remain active. Post useful content to help other gamers and participate in community events. Each free point you earn counts while leveling up and giving your profile a sophisticated look.

How many free points have you earned on Steam? Did you earn with any of the methods above? Let us know in the comment section below.