How To Handle Sharing Family Games On Steam?

Steam Family Sharing is a feature that allows family members to share their game libraries with up to six people, each retaining progress made on their own account. This feature replaces both Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View, providing a single location to manage which games your family can access and when they can. To start sharing games, you need to enable Steam Guard, a two-factor authentication system that protects your Steam account from malicious login attempts.

To set up and manage a Steam Family Sharing, follow these steps:

1. Open the Steam client on your computer.
2. Log in to your Steam account.
3. Select Manage your Steam Family.
4. Click the plus symbol to add a family member.
5. Enable Library Sharing in your account setting.
6. Log in to your friend’s or family member’s computer with your account, logout, and login back.
7. Log in with your account and select “Steam” followed by “Settings” and “Family”.
8. Select “Manage Family View”.
9. Log in to the device you want to enable family share on.
10. Open settings > Family > Enable authorize library sharing on this device.
11. Enable the account you share.

Steam Family Library Sharing replaces both Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View, giving you a single location to manage which games your family can access and when they can play. To enable it, go to “Steam > Family > Family Library Sharing”.

In summary, Steam Family Sharing allows users to share their game libraries with up to six people, each retaining progress made on their own account. To use this feature, enable it in your Steam settings and authorize it on your friend’s or family member’s device.