Steam: selling games - is that possible?

With Steam you can buy thousands of games for your PC. But can you sell them again? We'll tell you.

Activated Steam games cannot be sold

• If a game is linked to your Steam account, you can no longer undo the activation. You can therefore no longer sell games that are in your Steam library.
• In theory, it is possible to sell the entire Steam account including all activated games. However, you are violating the Steam terms of use. The account could therefore be blocked after the sale. Further information on the sale of Steam accounts can be found here.
• If a game is only in your Steam inventory, it has not yet been activated and can be sent as a gift to other users. To do this, mark the game in the inventory and then click on "Send gift ...". You can of course have the game paid for by the recipient, but a direct sale via Steam is not possible.

However, other items such as background images or trading cards can be sold directly via the Steam Market. You can find more information here.