Here they are, along with how many cards they drop and current approximate market value per card as of the time I created this post (US Store and USD in market). The price listed is the sell price, however, not what you actually make. I've bolded the games that are nearly free, though card values will drop when word spreads.

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda: $2.49 - 75% off (3 cards $0.50 each)
Blocks That Matter: **$1.24 - 75% off (3 cards
$0.40 each)
Dungeons of Dredmor: $1.24 - 75% off (3 cards ~$0.30 each)
Go Home Dinosaurs!:
$2.49 - 75% off (4 cards $0.60 each)**
Hotline Miami: $2.49 - 75% off (3 cards
$0.40 each)
Ion Assault: $2.49 - 75% off (3 cards $0.50 each)
Jagged Alliance - Back in Action: $7.49 - 75% off (3 cards
$0.70 each)
McPixel: $0.99 - 80% off (7 cards ~$0.15 each)
Stellar Impact: $2.49 - 75% off (3 cards $0.35 each)
Strike Suit Infinity: $1.74 - 75% off (3 cards
$0.30 each)
They Bleed Pixels: $2.49 - 75% off (4 cards $0.50 each)
Triple Town: $3.99 - 60% off (6 cards
$0.55 each)
Zack Zero: $2.99 - 70% off (3 cards ~$0.90 each)
Zombie Driver HD: $2.49 - 75% off (3 cards ~$0.60 each)

Since most of these are 75% off, they're unlikely to go lower during the sale, but I can't predict the future.

If I've missed any, please let me know. Do me a favor and format it for easy adding :)

Also if any of these are significantly cheaper in another region, chime in so friends can hook each other up.

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are your card values based on sell numbers (how much it is sold for) or return numbers (how much the seller is making)?

11 years ago
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Sorry, how much it's sold for. So you'll actually be making a little less.

11 years ago
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Sounds good. Strike Suit, as of right now, is most definitely free if people act fast. Oh snap, Zack Zero too. I see, I see. Good stuff :D

11 years ago
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Buying a game just for the 1x use cards it drops seems like a waste.
imo

11 years ago
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It's more for those who are interested in the games, but don't care about cards, so they can get the game really cheap.

11 years ago
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Or even make money...
Even with so low benefit some will do it.

11 years ago
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^ This. I didn't know about Night of the Rabbit until it got cards, and with the summer sale and the high price of cards, I would only spend like 5 bucks on it if I really want it.

11 years ago
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You get a little XP for each game you own also. Plus the earlier you own these games the better chance you have of getting a booster pack.

Overall you just get the game even cheaper.

11 years ago
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You can see it as an investment, with the booster packs.

11 years ago
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Thanks for putting in the time to list. Still can't get any of my listings to actually go on the market though.

11 years ago
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Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not for sale! My cards didn't show up and then one of them sold so just wait

11 years ago
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No, I've been using the market for a while.

Maybe your case was an exception, but I've had stuff ghost listed at way below what people were buying at today and in the past and they went unsold.

11 years ago
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That also happens to me. 3 auctions missing, 1 sold, 2 unsold wayyy below selling price. This is frustrating :(

11 years ago
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Yes the lag theory seems to playing out now, I've just made 3 sales.

Problem is knowing how long before things actually go on and guessing the price at that time.

Like I said in an other part of the thread I've had a listing in the ghost state for days before so I don't know you can assume it will definitely get listed eventually or not. Valve have probably made some changes since that happened to me though.

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All of mine just sold too

11 years ago
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Would help if the stuff I was trying to put up in the market would actually go up properly, if anything, but... in time, I guess. Hopefully tomorrow morning it'll be running properly again

11 years ago
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Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not for sale! My cards didn't show up and then one of them sold so just wait

11 years ago
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Awesome post, very helpful ma boy!

11 years ago
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Don't think I'll be buying any (trying very hard to keep away from all the badge/card nonsense), but thank you for the post!
Good for pondering potential profits as well, but I don't think I'll bother -- I assume I'll eventually come to own most of those games through bundles anyway.

11 years ago
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i dont care about the badges...but ive sold enough cards to buy defiance and strike suit zero infinity...

11 years ago
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Triple town is quite cheap.

11 years ago
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Good deal considering the number and value of cards, added.

11 years ago
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IMO GOTY

11 years ago
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Thanks for this!

11 years ago
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I can't even list the cards before the prices drop to extreme low.

11 years ago
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There is lag of about an hour before it shows on market.

11 years ago
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Is that really how it's working now? That might be how Kyle sold one.

I know in the past I've had a ghost listing up for days before I noticed. That time it made me money because I removed and sold for a much higher price than what I'd originally listed for.

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oh wow o_o

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I just listed a bunch and sold within minutes, seems to be recovering.

11 years ago
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Working pretty fine now

11 years ago
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Ohhhh cmon. :D Soon cards will be sold for 10 cent each ... :D

11 years ago
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Thanks a lot for putting this list together. I think I'll get Blocks That Matter and Triple Town...

11 years ago
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Thank you very much, it's very helpful

11 years ago
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Thanks for the info. Just bought Strike Suit Infinity :)

11 years ago
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Woo, just bought Zack Zero and am currently idling with SAM to make my profit. Hopefully someone will buy my cards before the price drops too far. Thanks for the heads up bobofatt!

11 years ago
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Strike Suit Infinity cards are already selling for more than 50% less.

11 years ago
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Same with the Zack Zero cards, hah. Oh well. Still cheap games :)

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11 years ago
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thanks for this info...bought strike suit zero infinity..i know the card prices will drop but still it defrays the cost of the game quite a bit

11 years ago
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http://store.indiegala.com/index.php/jagged-alliance-back-in-action.html

Cheaper Jagged Alliance - Back in Action for europeans at least.

11 years ago
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Yeah cheaper, even when you factor in the Summer Card you get for every $10 spent.

11 years ago
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Zack Zero has some of the priciest cards (if not the priciest) on the market. Does nobody actually own this game?

...okay, after checking the metacritic score, I guess I'm not surprised.

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Oh no, someone's undercutting my price for a Zack Zero card; I wonder who?

11 years ago
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Don't hate the playa, hate the game.

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Haha yeah I know; you weren't the only one undercutting me. I originally put my card up for a buyer price of $1.27, but I ultimately sold it at $0.98 (which is $0.86 profit for me)

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You're doing what Steam wants you to do.Buying games that you normally woldn't buy, just to get cards.I WON'T BE A PART OF THIS, DO YOU HEAR ME GABE ?! I WON'T BE A PART OF THIS !!

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Yeah, and with the way the Zack Zero prices plummeted, I'm actually paying for the game now! :'(

11 years ago
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Damn I just bought 4 of them.Well, if I get a foil I'll make profit !

11 years ago
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Well, I bought Dungeons of Dredmor and sold the cards with profit, + the game looks fun :D

11 years ago
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Agreed! Everyone, feel free to join me in sending Valve a clear message by buying every summer sale game except for the ones that drop trading cards.

11 years ago
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Mkay, you have fun with that; I'll pass.

11 years ago
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Is running multiple games a nono for drops?

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Seemed to significantly slow down drops for me.

11 years ago
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Thanks, will do one at a time.

Grabbed Zack Zero, fun game actually.

11 years ago
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Is there any way to "trick" Steam into thinking that you're playing another game? (one that you own in your library) I'm talking about Source Engine games, I only have a 5 gig cap this month, so downloading all of them won't be possible. I already have TF2 and Half Life installed, I want to get Portal and Left 4 Dead later. Can I do something with the exe's to make Steam think I'm playing a different game?

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Yup, get Steam Achievement Manager (free tiny download), open the game you want to get cards for, and just leave the window with the list of achievements open. Steam can't tell the difference between idling in Steam Achievement Manager and idling in the actual game, so you'll get the drops.

11 years ago
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Yeah and you can also run away from restaurants rather than paying the bill.

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Far stretch

11 years ago
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Maybe. I'm not really against people using SAM for the drops, everyone is just idling anyway. But SAM as it's core purpose I hate and wish Valve would clamp down on it.

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Is it safe to use this program? I'm not interested in the achievements, just my cards so that I can craft some badges. But it's definitely not worth a VAC Ban if it's not safe to use...

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As far as I know, no one's ever been VAC banned because of SAM. That said, traditionally, if you mention it on the Steam forums, your post will be deleted. Also, it's not recommended to run a VAC-bannable game at the same time as running SAM. The only time I've actually used it was to reverse achievements that I unintentionally got through someone else's savegame for Cogs.

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I'm going to give it a try, I only need the +- 2 hours it takes for the cards to drop, not interested in cheating for achievements or anything like that, I think that's wrong and defeats the purpose. Hopefully this works.

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Yeah I did think about using to remove achievements. I copied SMB and BoI to a friends HD rather than downloading, but for some messed up reason the save files are in the games directory and it auto-gave all the achieves. :(

I'd still rather not touch it though, even on an account less important than my own. :P

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Impossible because Valve originally didn't design Steam achievements to have any sort of security on their end. Your client just marks the achievement as finished when certain triggers in the game are achieved and then it lets Valve's servers know, who have no way of doublechecking or verifying it, so your online profile just automatically has it added.

They eventually did enhance the Steamworks API to allow for dedicated servers that act as a middleman for achievement authentication, but very few developers bother. It's really only in the case of online-only games, the first of which I believe was Spiral Knights.

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Yeah, probably never going to be retro-fitted, but Valve could enforce better security in the future.

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It's no different from, say, running TF2 in text-only to get drops. The only thing you're getting is added playtime, which takes an equal amount of skill and effort as just letting the game sit on the main menu. The only difference between downloading the game and running it and downloading SAM and running it is that one takes up less bandwidth to download and less resources to run.

I don't like people who use SAM to just unlock swaths of achievements to massage their ego, but this use of it isn't particularly reprehensible. It's like a knife: you can use it to slice vegetables or stab people, but the knife isn't inherently a bad thing. It's a tool that has right and wrong uses. Using SAM for things like this, or say to unlock an achievement that a bug prevented you from getting after you legitimately accomplished the conditions, are acceptable uses of the tool.

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I'm almost tempted to use it for Magicka, since Magicka no longer runs on my PC. Game is so badly coded that I get around four seconds of lag on the starting menu. (I used to be able to play it, but after more DLC was added, it became impossibly laggy. Cripples my entire system if it is running.)

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Maybe I just have bad luck, but when using SAM to idle, I got 4 of the same cards (Alyx Vance). Maybe I'm just paranoid ... :p

11 years ago
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Is anyone actually buying Zack Zero cards? I imagine they (and all other cards) will be undercut into oblivion before a crafter happens to come along and buy them up xP

11 years ago
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Yeah, I avoided buying Zack Zero - it seems like there isnt really a big demand for those cards.

11 years ago
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Idk I just sold Fire Power for 40 cents.

11 years ago
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Don't buy Zack Zero for cards.I got it mostly for this purpose and now the cards are 0.3-0.5 Euro.And I'm left with a retarded game and -3 Euro.

11 years ago
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I'm really sorry, but this is funny. :D

11 years ago
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1 card left to sell and I'll have a lil' less than half of that 3 euro back.
The good thing is that I used the Wallet money I got from selling cards and not real cash.

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Only main game I really want on the list is Triple Town, so that'll be the only one I might buy, although I might swing some of my card money to get McPixel, Strike Suit Infinity, Blocks that Matter, and Hotline Miami. Who knows, I might also finally complete a badge--- Binding of Isaac :P

Also lol at all the people that bought Zack Zero and couldn't turn a profit and are left with a game they never would ever want!

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I actually managed to get half my money back from Zack Zero and I still have one card left, plus I got one of the Summer Sale cards for buying it so I'd say I didn't do too badly.

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