Promotional items

Cover art for Poker Night at the Inventory

Promotional items are cross-promotional items available in Team Fortress 2 through Valve's marketing partnerships with other video game companies, as well as through their own games. They are made available through a variety of ways, all of which are linked to Steam and TF2.

Preorder items are usually only available for a limited time. A TF2 blog update is always posted with details on what the promotion is, and how to acquire the preorder items.

Other items are available through means such as achievements, like Alien Swarm, earning them through gameplay, as in Poker Night at the Inventory, or, in the case of the Earbuds, by logging into TF2 through other operating systems.

With the exception of the items earned through gameplay, these items are no longer earnable, and can only be acquired through trading or gifting.

Alien Swarm

Backpack Icon	Name	Class(es)	Type	Released	Notes
	Alien Swarm Parasite	All classes	Hat	July 19, 2010	A parasite from the game Alien Swarm, another Valve game. Earned through the Hat Trick achievement in Alien Swarm.

Left 4 Dead 2

Backpack Icon	Name	Class(es)	Type	Released	Notes
	Bill's Hat	All classes	Hat	November 2, 2009	A Special Forces hat, based on Bill's Hat from Left 4 Dead, another Valve game. Earned by preordering Left 4 Dead 2.
	Ellis' Cap	All classes	Hat	October 6, 2010	Ellis' Cap from Left 4 Dead 2. Earned by owning or purchasing Left 4 Dead 2 before October 7, 2010.
	Frying Pan	Demoman, Soldier	Melee weapon	October 6, 2010	Based on the Frying Pan melee weapon from Left 4 Dead 2. Earned by owning or purchasing Left 4 Dead 2 before October 7, 2010.

Poker Night at the Inventory

Backpack Icon	Name	Class(es)	Type	Released	Notes
	Dealer's Visor	Heavy	Hat	November 3, 2010	A green poker Dealer's Visor. Earned by preordering Poker Night at the Inventory.
	Enthusiast's Timepiece	Spy	PDA2	November 2010	A replacement for the Spy's Invisibility Watch. Earned by playing Poker Night at the Inventory.
100px	The License to Maim	All classes	Miscellaneous item	November 2010	The badge of the Freelance Police from the Sam & Max video game series. Earned by playing Poker Night at the Inventory.
	Iron Curtain	Heavy	Primary weapon	November 2010	A replacement for the Minigun. Earned by playing Poker Night at the Inventory.
[[Image:|100px]]	Dangeresque, Too?	Demoman	Miscellaneous item	November 2010	A pair of shutter shades for the Demoman, based on those worn by Homestar Runner. Earned by playing Poker Night at the Inventory.
	Lugermorph	Scout, Engineer	Secondary weapon	November 2010	The Pistol Max uses in the Sam & Max series. Earned by playing Poker Night at the Inventory. This is the same Lugermorph as the preorder bonus item from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

Backpack Icon	Name	Class(es)	Type	Released	Notes
	Max's Severed Head	All classes	Hat	April 15, 2010	The severed head of Max, wearable by all classes. Earned by preordering Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.
	Lugermorph	Scout, Engineer	Secondary weapon	April 15, 2010	The Pistol Max uses in the Sam & Max series. Earned by preordering Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. This is the same Lugermorph as the ingame item from Poker Night at the Inventory.
	Big Kill	Spy	Primary weapon	April 15, 2010	Sam's Revolver from the Sam & Max series. Earned by preordering Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.

Worms: Reloaded

Backpack Icon	Name	Class(es)	Type	Released	Notes
	Lumbricus Lid	Soldier	Hat	August 25, 2010	A hat and grenade replacement for the Soldier. Earned by preordering Worms: Reloaded.

Other items

Backpack Icon	Name	Class(es)	Type	Released	Notes
	Earbuds	All classes	Miscellaneous items	June 10, 2010	Earned through logging into a TF2 account on a Macintosh computer.
	Mann Co. Cap	All classes	Hats	September 30, 2010	Earned through the first purchase made in the Mann Co. ingame store.

Cut promotional items

Backpack Icon	Name	Class(es)	Type	Released	Notes
	Sam's Hat	All classes	Hat	Unreleased	Would have been released, along with Max's Severed Head, the Lugermorph, and the Big Kill as part of the week-long cross promotion for purchasing Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse on Steam.