Guides
How Steam idling, trading cards, badges, levels, achievements, Twitch Drops and free-to-keep promotions actually work — written plainly, without the guesswork.
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One overview of everything that can be automated across both platforms.
Steam hours & idling
What playtime boosting is, how it accrues, and an honest look at the risk.
Steam cards, levels & achievements
Drops, badges, XP, achievement unlocking and the account restrictions that gate them.
How to get Steam trading cards
Which games drop cards, how many you can earn from playtime, and how to turn a set into a badge.
Read guideHow to level up Steam fast
How badge costs scale, whether farming or buying sets is cheaper, and what levels unlock.
Read guideHow to unlock Steam achievements
How achievements are stored, what unlocking tools actually do, and why timestamps matter more than you think.
Read guideSteam limited accounts explained
What the five dollar rule is, which features it blocks, and why new accounts get no card drops.
Read guideTwitch Drops
Linking, watch time, claim windows and what automation can and cannot replace.
How Twitch Drops work
Account linking, which streams count toward progress, and why rewards sometimes never arrive.
Read guideHow to farm Twitch Drops without watching
How watch time is reported, what can and cannot be automated, and the difference between watch and sub-only rewards.
Read guideFree games
Free-to-keep promotions on Steam, the Epic weekly giveaway, and how to catch them in time.
What does 100% off mean on Steam?
Free to keep, free weekend and free-to-play are three different things. Here is which is which.
Read guideHow to get free Steam games
The legitimate routes to free games on Steam, and why the good ones are so easy to miss.
Read guideEpic Games free game every week
How the weekly giveaway works, whether you keep the games, and the requirements people trip over.
Read guidePrefer numbers to prose?
The Steam level calculator turns a target level into badges, XP and card sets, and the idle time calculator converts the drops left in your library into hours and days. Both run entirely in your browser.
Looking for something to idle? The best games to idle list ranks titles by card value, and the free games tracker and Twitch Drops board show what is claimable right now.