Steam: All badges at a glance

On Steam you can collect a lot of badges and thus increase your account level. Our overview reveals which badges are available and how you can unlock them quickly.

Steam: That brings the badges

If you unlock badges in Steam, you will receive a certain number of XP each. This increases your account level and so you unlock many new features. We have summarized all information about the level system in Steam in a special article.

• The coveted badges are mainly obtained through games. Many current games contain trading cards from which you can make badges for the respective game.
• A list of all available games with badges can be found on the Steam homepage. Well over 10, 000 games currently support the collecting fever.
• In addition to the game badges, there are also medals directly from Steam. These badges are listed in the following paragraphs together with the requirements.

Steam: All of Valve's standard badges

You can get some of the Steam badges without doing anything. With others, however, you have to take action yourself:

• Years of service: For your Steam membership, you will receive a new badge with 50 XP points each. In the first year it is 50 XP, in the second 100 XP and in the third 150 XP.
• Community badge: You will also receive badges for community tasks. The list of available tasks (see photo) can be found in Steam under your profile and under the point "Badge". If you click on the "Community Leader" badge, all community tasks will appear. After 5, 14 and 28 tasks you will receive a badge with 100, 200 and 500 XP.
• Buyer badge: As soon as you activate a game in Steam or buy it through the shop, you will receive a badge with 100 XP. This works once.
• Steam Community Translator: Some Steam users are allowed to work as translators on games and Steam. There is a separate badge with 100 XP.
• Moderator badge: There is also a badge for community moderators who ensure order in the Steam forums and the workshop. The selected users receive a one-time payment of 500 XP.
• Developer badge: If you are a game developer and publish one of your games on Steam, a special badge with 500 XP beckons.
• Valve employee: Of course, Valve employees also deserve their own badge. There are also 1, 000 XP.
• Events: You will also receive badges when you buy a game in a steam sale or participate in other community activities. Here you have to keep your eyes open. Valve offers smaller events throughout the year, where you can tap some XP.

Steam: The badge for game collectors

The more games you have in Steam, the more badges and XP you get. There are 14 levels in total:

1. You will receive 100 XP for a game in your library.
2. For five or more games there is another badge and 125 XP.
3. With 10 or more games in your library, 150 XP are waiting for you.
4. From 25 games you will also receive a new badge with 200 XP.
5. Collectors with 50 or more games get 250 XP.
6. 325 XP and a yellow badge will be awarded for over 100 games.
7. From 250 games you get 500 XP and a green badge.
8. Players with over 500 games can look forward to another 750 XP.
9. With 1, 000 games, 1, 250 XP and a red badge are waiting for you.
10. With 2, 000 or more games there are 2, 250 XP.
11. Expect 4, 000 XP for 4, 000 games.
12. With 5, 000 games it is equivalent to 5, 000 XP.
13. Anyone who owns 6, 000 games will receive 6, 000 XP once.
14. With 7, 000 games you get a blue badge and 7, 000 XP. This is currently the most valuable badge in Steam.

The next practical tip will show you which tricks you can use to increase your account level in Steam.