Steam Trading Cards are usually seen as being simple by-products of any given Steam title. At most people view them as an easy way to level up their Steam profile via badge crafting and not much else.
However, Steam Trading Cards can fetch quite the price and are actively traded by members of Steam’s vast community for incredible amounts of money. So, here are the mot expensive Steam Trading Cards on the market right now.
Most valuable Steam Trading Cards
Keep in mind that, for the sake of this list, we chose only those rare Steam cards worth buying, and not the ones that you see listed once by a single person for incredible amounts and never sold. The cards below are well worth having and actually sell for their asking price, or have done so in the past.
Moai Head (Regular) – $75
The Moai Head acquired by playing Platinum Kill doesn’t sell often, but when it does it’s for a pretty high price. Several of these cards have been auctioned for over $75, while a couple were sold off for $35 and around $65, respectively. The card also has buy orders for a few dollars, which it never hurts to have, so if you’re on the lookout for expanding your Steam wallet, perhaps you should consider playing some Platinum Kill to, well, kill some time.
Gaomon (Foil) – $68
While Gaomon currently has no listings on Steam on account of its rarity, the card has been sold on several occasions for over $60, making it worth a full game on the platform’s storefront. Though that price doesn’t seem too wild compared to the $1,900 listings on Steam, this card actually sold for a price it was listed at, and Steam Trading Cards are often listed on the market for wild prices which never get matched with a buyer. Digimon Masters Online has numerous cards that have sold for quite a hefty sum, and we will include several of them on this list.
Huanglongmon (Foil) – $63
Another Digimon Masters Online trading card, Huanglongmon also doesn’t have any listings at the moment. It has managed to sell at over $60 on a few occasions and was even listed for around $1,000 at some point recently, though, as I’ve said above, that price wasn’t matched with any potential buyer. Steam Trading Cards tend to sell for a few cents a piece, rarely reaching 10 cents or more per card, and it is a miracle that so many of these Digimon Masters Online cards have managed to attract buyers with their prices. It is almost reminiscent of the real-life trading card industry which actually does tend to see sales in the thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.
Lilithmon (Foil) – $35
Our final entry from Digimon Masters Online, Lilithmon, has recently been sold for about $35, though it has seen auctions at a higher price previously. The card was also listed for nearly $2,000, an incredible asking price for a Steam Trading Card, one that understandably found no buyer. If you ever get your hands on one of these by playing Digimon Masters Online, you could easily sell it for about $25, which is the card’s current asking price on the Steam Community Market.
Bateman (Regular)
No More Room in Hell also has its fair share of expensive trading cards, the most popular of which is the Bateman. It is usually sold at around five or six dollars but has recently auctioned for over $30. There are numerous buy orders on Steam asking for the card at a very low price, though the listings start at $185 and go up from there. The original No More Room in Hell game is free to play, given that it was made on Valve’s Source Engine, so if you’re looking for a few extra bucks, you might want to leave it running on your PC for a couple of hours.
NeonBall Trading Cards (Regular) – $25
NeonBall is a free-to-play title released in 2018 with 77 total reviews as of this article. However, its six trading cards are all pretty valuable and can fetch and sell for up to $25 on the Steam market. The cheapest sells for at least $10, though not often, and there are buy orders for a few bucks on there as well. Why this is is unclear, so if you happen to be leaving the house, maybe you should launch NeonBall and let it sit on your machine while you’re away. Who knows, maybe you can score some extra funds.
Are Steam Trading Cards worth investing into?
The answer to this question is both yes and no. In a world where CS2 skins and other items exist, trading cards are simply a sub-standard method of trading on the platform. In real life, sure, trading cards can be quite the asset to have, especially if you obtain something rare and exciting, but that’s not often the case on Steam itself. Even the ones that do sell don’t do it frequently, and most of the cards on our list are auctioned every few months or once a year, compared to Steam skins which are auctioned in the thousands each day.
