Sell Steam Gift Cards in the UK — Get Up to 90% in Pounds
Steam wallet codes hold their value better than almost any other gift card. Here is what a UK Steam card is actually worth, why the rate is so high, and how to cash out in sterling.
Steam gift cards are the best-paying card we buy, at 90% of face value — matched only by Razer Gold and ahead of Amazon at 89%. A £100 Steam wallet code is worth £90 in cash, paid to your PayPal in pounds.
That is unusually high for a gift card, and it is worth understanding why, because the reason tells you something useful about which of your cards are worth selling and which are not.
Why Steam pays so much
Rates are set by resale demand, and Steam has the deepest demand of any card on the market.
Steam is not a shop in one country. It is the default place PC gamers buy games worldwide, and Steam wallet credit is effectively a global currency inside that world. It never expires. It works on any account. Someone, somewhere, always wants it.
Compare that with a card for a single high-street chain: useful only to people near that chain, only for things that chain sells, and often with an expiry date attached. The resale pool is tiny, so the rate collapses. That is why an IKEA or Netflix card fetches 74% and Steam fetches 90%.
If you have a drawer of assorted cards, sell the gaming credit first. It is where the money is.
What your card is worth
| Steam card | You receive |
|---|---|
| £20 | £18 |
| £50 | £45 |
| £100 | £90 |
| £250 | £225 |
| £500 | £450 |
The rate does not drop for larger cards, and it does not quietly improve for smaller ones. Ninety percent is ninety percent. You can check any amount in the calculator.
Getting paid in sterling
A UK Steam card pays into a sterling balance, and a PayPal withdrawal pays out in sterling. We do not convert.
This matters more than it sounds. A lot of gift card exchanges are US-built and route everything through dollars, taking a slice on the way through — often without saying so. A conversion spread of 2% on a £250 card is £5, which is most of the advantage you gained by shopping around for a good rate in the first place.
If you cash out to crypto, though, be aware that USDT, ETH and BTC all settle against the US dollar, so your pound balance does get converted. We show you the rate and the exact dollar amount before you confirm. If you want pounds, choose PayPal.
How to sell a Steam card
- Find the wallet code. It is on the back of a physical card under the scratch panel, or in the confirmation email if you were sent a digital one.
- Check the payout in the calculator.
- Submit the code, with a photo of the card if you have the physical one.
- Wait for verification — up to 24 hours, usually much less.
- Withdraw to PayPal in pounds.
Minimum card value is £20. Minimum withdrawal is £50.
A note on "instant" Steam buyers
You will find sites offering to pay for Steam codes in seconds. Be careful with them.
Steam codes are irreversible. Once a code is redeemed it is gone, and there is no chargeback, no dispute process, and no way to get it back. That property is exactly why fraudsters like them — and it is why a buyer who pays instantly, without checking anything, is either running at a loss or running a scam.
Verification exists so that the rate can be 90%. A buyer absorbing large amounts of card fraud cannot afford to pay you well, and eventually cannot afford to pay you at all.
Equally: never send a Steam code to anyone who contacts you first. A "buyer" in your DMs offering above-market rates, asking for the code before paying, is not a buyer. If you have already sent a code and not been paid, the code is gone — report it to Action Fraud, and do not send another one to "unlock" the payment.
Other gaming cards worth checking
If you have Steam credit lying around, you may well have these too:
- Razer Gold — 90%, the same as Steam
- Xbox — 84%
- PlayStation (PSN) — 84%
- Nintendo eShop — 74%
- Google Play — 74%
Check your card and see what the drawer is worth.