Steam Level Colors: Rings for Levels 0–99
Up to level 99, the Steam level badge is a round ring with your level number inside. The ring changes color every 10 levels, so there are 10 Steam level colors, from gray at 0–9 to tan at 90–99.
All levels in one decade share a color: 10 and 19 are both red. The table also shows the total XP from level 0 where each color starts.
Steam Level 100 Badge and Up: A New Design Every 100 Levels
At level 100 the ring is replaced by an image: the Steam level 100 badge is a hexagon. Every hundred levels after that gets its own design, such as a shield for 200–299 and a circle for 500–599, up to 6100. That's 61 designs in total.
Inside each hundred there is a new variant every 10 levels, so each design has 10 variants: 100, 110, 120 and so on up to 190. For levels 100–1099 the variants follow the same color order as the rings, from gray to tan.
Some hundreds have an easy-to-name theme: 1100 is space, 1200 water, 1300 fire, 1400 earth and 1500–1900 an air series; 6000 is a snowflake and 6100 a crown. The crown covers levels 6100–6199 and is the newest design in our catalog; every other hundred is shown in the catalog below.
All Steam Level Badges: 0–6100
The full Steam level badge list: one row per hundred levels, 10 variants each (x00, x10 … x90), with the level number printed on every badge. The first row is the rings for 0–99, then come all 61 designs from 100 to 6100. For example, the level 350 badge is the sixth one in the 300–399 row.
How to Get the Steam Level Badge You Want
Find the badge in the catalog and note its level: that's your target. Level prices climb in steps of 10 levels: each of levels 1–10 is 100 XP, each of 11–20 is 200 XP, and every step after that adds another 100 XP per level, so higher badges get expensive fast.
Most XP comes from crafting game badges from trading card sets: each full set becomes one badge level and 100 XP, so divide the XP you need by 100 to get the number of sets. A regular game badge has 5 levels (500 XP per game), a foil badge 1 level (100 XP); Steam sale, event and community badges add XP too, and so does the Game Collector badge for the number of games you own.
The table below counts from level 0. If you already have a level, take the difference: going from level 100 (hexagon) to 200 (shield) takes 155,000 XP, or 1,550 sets. For every level's total, see the Steam XP table; for your own numbers, use the Steam level calculator. Card sets for leveling are on Steam Level Up.
Is a High Steam Level Worth It? Perks Beyond the Badge
The badge itself only shows your level on your Steam profile; the perks come with the level. Steam's help pages list three of them, and crafting game badges adds a reward of its own:
- Friends: each level adds 5 slots to the base limit of 250, so your list tops out at 2,000 at level 350.
- Profile showcases: one at level 10 and another for every 10 levels after that, with all 20 unlocked by level 200.
- Booster packs: the drop chance grows by 20% every 10 levels, so at level 50 it's twice the starting rate.
- Every game badge you craft also gives a random emoticon and profile background from that game, whatever your level.