Craft badges to increase your steam profile page experience points, perhaps enough to gain a profile page level.
To craft badges you need to have a full set of cards for any game(unless you've maxed out your badge level for that game already).
To get cards earn them from free card drops while the game is running(some games don't do this), spending money on the game for other things could get you cards... or trading or buying them directly on the steam marketplace.

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Craft badges to increase your steam profile page experience points, perhaps enough to gain a profile page level.
To craft badges you need to have a full set of cards for any game(unless you've maxed out your badge level for that game already).
To get cards earn them from free card drops while the game is running(some games don't do this), spending money on the game for other things could get you cards... or trading or buying them directly on the steam marketplace.

Is there a different way

There are sometimes steam-wide events that can earn you cards. You can only get them during the event of course. Otherwise the ways I mentioned above are it as far as I can recall.

Buying the seasonal badges in the point shop will also give you exp

Originally posted by snowman:

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Craft badges to increase your steam profile page experience points, perhaps enough to gain a profile page level.
To craft badges you need to have a full set of cards for any game(unless you've maxed out your badge level for that game already).
To get cards earn them from free card drops while the game is running(some games don't do this), spending money on the game for other things could get you cards... or trading or buying them directly on the steam marketplace.

Is there a different way

You asked for the best way. Badges are the only way, and through trading cards are the most efficient.

Cheapest is leveling up your Years of Service badge since it's free. At 50exp per year it's extremely slow, but it's something.

Receiving community awards for posts/guides can also work, but it's hard to get a decent amount unless you dedicate yourself to farming Clown awards (and don't push the idiocy far enough to get banned)


If you decide to buy cards in order to craft badges, use something like Steam.Tools[steam.tools] that tracks the Market price and allows you to sort for whole sets.

Ok ty