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Introducing Steam Families (steamcommunity.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

When you join a Steam Family, you automatically gain access to the shareable games that your family members own and they will also be able to access the shareable titles in your library. The next time you log in to Steam, this new 'family library' will appear in the left column as a subsection of your games list. You maintain ownership of your current titles and when you purchase a new game it will still show up in your collection.

Best of all, when you are playing a game from your family library, you will create your own saved games, earn your own Steam achievements, have access to workshop files and more.

Family Sharing enables you to play games from other family members' libraries, even if they are online playing another game. If your family library has multiple copies of a game, multiple members of the family can play that game at the same time. For a more detailed look at how Family Sharing works, see the FAQ below.

Also adds parental controls for children's accounts. Parental controls let you:

  • Allow access to appropriate games
  • Restrict access to the Steam Store, Community or Friends Chat
  • Set playtime limits (hourly/daily)
  • View playtime reports
  • Approve or deny requests from child accounts for additional playtime or feature access (temporary or permanent)
  • Recover a child's account if they lost their password

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/11954402

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Apparently you need to be in the same country to do family sharing now, and the 5 minute get off my game bro button doesn't replace the play button anymore. It's simply just greyed out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

No more sharing with your loved partner abroad... This sucks. Cannot always afford two copies in this state of the world. Let alone a roof to live together.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Anybody know if I set that up and decide to buy the game myself if my played time, achievements, and saved games will transfer over?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Only complaint is that it makes it harder to share with siblings that occasionally play games while also sharing with friends that more regularly do. Makes it less a venn diagram and more segregated boxes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I was so hopeful... pretty much useless for me as I live in a different country to my family.

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