Steam Family Sharing is now available to Everyone.

[WYP]

Last night, Valve announced that their Steam Family Sharing program is now available to all users.

Steam Family sharing allows family members, or friends, to be able to access each others steam librarys.

This is to allow family members to each have an individual steam account and be able to borrow games from one another, this allows them to have independent saves and achievements in borrowed games.

There are a few restrictions that do apply to Steam Sharing, the device limit is a 10 and an account limit of 5, so 5 different users can access your library over 10 computers.

Users cannot play a game on more than a single account at a time, Region locks on games will still apply and games which are VAC-Banned cannot be shared.

Only games without the need for 3rd party accounts, subscriptions or DRM cannot be shared, given that Valve does not control that DRM.

To setup Family Library Sharing using the Steam Client, go to Steam > Settings > Family and you can start to authorize and manage other computers.

So what do you guys think of Steam family sharing? How many of you guys plan using using this system, or abusing it? Please comment below.

For more information please go to Steam's family sharing page and read Valve's Frequently asked questions on Steam Family Sharing.

Source - Valve

 

[Squidlorock]

I'm personally not fussed about this family sharing thing, i won't really be using it. Alot of games have forms of drm (although steam is drm, does that mean all steam games non playable?) -joking. So that strikes a fair amount of games off the list really. I mainly buy the bundles so most people have those games already Steam i used to like more, but of recent i'm not a huge fan (will buy games in sales only really, as i'm cheap) GOG i think is great, although they recently changed to regional pricing for some games! Booo!

 

[SPS]

Should be pretty good for me and my bro

 

[Hysteria]

What happens if someone sharing your account gets vac banned whilst playing your games ?

 

[WYP]

What happens if someone sharing your account gets vac banned whilst playing your games ?

It's in Valves FAQ fella

Will I be punished for any cheating or fraud conducted by other users while playing my games?

Your Family Library Sharing privileges may be revoked and your account may also be VAC banned if your library is used by others to conduct cheating or fraud. Additionally, VAC-banned games cannot be shared. We recommend you only authorize familiar computers you know to be secure. And as always, never give your password to anyone.

 

[barnsley]

I was on the beta for it as it enables my 12 year old brother to buy his own games and play all of mine. Its really good.

 

[flyboyovyick]

Can't seem to add my cousin to this, it only shows one of my mates in the box

 

[iBeInspire]

This seems like an epic idea, I get to play all my friends games from college

 

[BigDaddyKong]

This is epic for me and my son.

 

[Wraith]

Bout time, this will put a huge smile on my step dads face.

 

[Mathius]

This sounds great, all the Indie platformers I have like Pid and rush bros, I wont need to buy again for the wife's steam account.

nice one steam.

 

[Master&Puppet]

Even if you don't use it that much...free stuff is always a good thing!

For me I'll defo be sharing single-player games with friends.

 

[Xavi C]

This feature is only about sharing your library to other steam users who play *in your computer*. EDIT: or any computer you have logged into.

 

[davielo]

Nice! Shame we couldn't play at the same time tho.

 

[Noz_God]

good idea but i have try ed it and i'm not impressed. needs more work