Steam’s improved family sharing is out now for everyone

Valve’s new Steam family feature Available to everyone Following the release of a beta earlier this year, Steam Family will enable parents to share games with their family, manage parental controls for their kids, and approve Steam game purchase requests from their children.

A big improvement over Valve’s previous Family Sharing setup, Steam Family, is that it now allows multiple people to play games from a shared library at the same time. Baratoroand my partner, who is part of my Steam family, Arranger, We can play these games at the same time. However, if your partner wants to play, Baratoro I already play it, but she needs to buy an extra copy. With Steam Family, you can play shared games offline too.

According to Valve, Steam Family is “intended to accommodate your immediate family” and can include “up to six close family members.” Each member of a Steam Family has their own save games and earns their own achievements. Adults can leave a Steam Family at any time, but if they do, they must wait one year before they can start or join a new Family. Children can only be removed from a Steam Family by an adult or with the help of Steam Support.

in videoValve has said that the old Family Sharing feature will be phased out “eventually,” so if you use that feature, you’ll want to set up Steam Family instead.

Steam Family is available through a Steam update. The latest Steam client update includes Other UpdatesIt also includes a redesigned screenshot manager.