Steam Trading & Credit Score

Register and list an item

Open Workshop → Trade and drag an eligible item from your bag into an empty trade slot. Unequip gear first. Review the Credit Score cost and reward in the confirmation. The game attempts the Steam inventory transfer immediately after you register the item. Open Steam Storage to manage it and list it on the Steam Community Market.

When Credit Score is awarded

The eight-hour timer begins after the first successful transfer to Steam. The in-game help gives the registration reward as (required Credit Score + 100) × 10%, once per item. Retrieving the item early forfeits the reward. Listing, canceling, relisting or selling keeps the original timer. A sale grants no additional Credit Score. Claiming a Steam Market purchase from the in-game mailbox awards required Credit Score + 100.

When a trade slot opens

• Registering, transferring, storing or listing an item occupies a slot. Retrieving it into your game bag frees the slot immediately.
• A listed item frees its slot once the Credit Score timer ends and the item is absent from your Steam inventory. The previous 24-hour withdrawal wait has been removed.
• Canceling a listing restores the item’s slot and storage status, even when all slots are full. New registrations are blocked while usage is at or above capacity.
• The base capacity is four slots. Trade Slot runes and the More Trade Slots DLC can expand it.

Use the status and timer shown in Workshop → Trade for each item. This guide reflects the in-game help and UI in Steam build 26560543.