Team Fortress 2 was created by Valve Corporation, and many of its features are similar to CS:GO’s. One, in particular, is the skins. TF2 players love skins and collect them in large amounts. The prices can range from a few cents to more than $1000 per item. And the more of them you have, the more likely you will own a few valuable ones. What’s typically being used when trying to assess the value of your TF2 inventory is a TF2 backpack viewer.
How to Use a TF2 Backpack Viewer
TF2 backpack viewers are easy to use. All you need to do is go to a website that offers such a service and give it your Steam ID. You can find this ID by going to your profile on Steam and copying it from the link.
The easiest way is to log into your Steam account online. Hover over your name, select Profile and then look at the URL. The last value from that URL is your Steam ID. Copy it and be ready to use it on a TF2 backpack viewer site.
There are multiple TF2 backpack viewers that you can use. Here’s a list of the most famous ones:
- Backpack.tf
- Tf2items.com
Such websites usually require you to log in using your steam account or Steam ID. Once you’ve logged in, you will get the chance to check the value of your inventory and see all your items.
Using a marketplace, you can also sell your items for actual money and then withdraw the funds to your PayPal or bank account. These days, this is a popular practice in games like CS:GO and Dota 2.
Another common practice is to sell TF2 items directly on the Steam market. And then buy valuable CS:GO skins using the money. These skins can easily be sold on external markets for similar amounts. And the money can be withdrawn without any problems.
So if you can’t find a good marketplace for your TF2 items, sell your items on Steam, buy CS:GO ones, and sell the CS:GO items somewhere else. However, these days you rarely need to do this because there are, in fact, good markets for Team Fortress 2 items, where you can sell much of your inventory quickly.
More about Skins
When using a TF2 backpack viewer, you usually get the option to sort your items based on their value or to select only the ones that can be sold on the market. These features are great if you’ve been playing the game for a long time because they allow you to do what you want to do much faster.
One thing to remember about TF2 skins is that they have two essential characteristics: float value (or wear class) and rarity. Based on these two characteristics, they can be extremely cheap or costly. The real money is in the red ones, also known as Elite Grade skins.
