Steam is much more than just a place where users can buy games and play them whenever they want to. The platform provides the opportunities for everyone to do much more than just that. This includes all kinds of different things like interacting with the communities of certain games, asking questions regarding specific things from other gamers, looking at other people’s thoughts on certain titles, and much more of the sort like this.
One of the many other options for interacting with other users is trading.
Steam gives every player collectible based on what they do and the games that they play. That, or players also have the chance to purchase these collectibles. Either way, these become a part of one’s profile and they can either act as cosmetics, or as a fun way to make some quick money by trading with other players for real cash or by trading your own collectibles with theirs.
However sometimes when players try to do this, Steam just says that “There was an error accepting this trade offer: 11”. Here’s how to solve the problem with a few easy fixes.
How to Fix There Was an Error Accepting This Trade Offer 11?
- Trade Cancelled
The first thing to keep in mind is that there’s little to worry about. Nothing too bad will come of the trade failing once or twice and you’ll be able to fix it eventually. That said, Error 11 in particular is a very common one which can be solved by just holding a conversation with the person you’re trying to trade with.
This issue usually occurs when two players try to engage in a trade but one of the two traders involved in the process suddenly cancel the trade.
So just try to get into contact with the person that you’re trading with and ask them regarding the situation. It could be that they accidentally cancelled the trade, so just try to get the deal going again or find a new person to trade with if the current one you’re dealing with won’t comply.
Either way, the solution is simple enough, and that’s to ensure no one is cancelling the trade as it’s going through. On the off chance that the person you’re trading with isn’t the one causing problems, here’s what you should do.
- Switch to Steam Client
The next recommended step is for all those who prefer to use the Steam website opposed to the desktop application which is available for both PC and mobile. The reason why we recommend this is because functionality on the Steam website can be a little limited as opposed to functionality on the desktop or mobile client. Luckily the solution is rather simple so there’s no need to worry in this specific case either.
Just try to install the Steam desktop client or use that one if you have it downloaded already. Log in with your account and go into the menu where all the trades are. Now just try to find the one which is being problematic and try to go through with it once again. It should work this time around.
Alternatively, some users should try the website instead if they usually use the desktop client and it’s being problematic for them.
- Restart Steam
Sometimes the solution can be a bit too simple, meaning something like just restarting the Steam application might be enough to help users get rid of this annoying error. While no one knows for sure why this is the case, there are occasional occurrences where Steam doesn’t let the trade go through the first time around. The solution has already been mentioned, which is to just close Steam. Try to make sure you do so through the task manager.
The reason why the task manager in particular is recommended is because of the fact it helps users close each individual process, making sure Steam is truly shut down for now on one’s PC. Once that process is complete, just restart the program and go into the trade menu once more to accept the offer and see if it works.