Is it okay to share the library with strangers? Yeah I had to ask this one first xD
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I haven't looked into how it works, but I have heard some things that you may want to consider. I think you can only join with people in the same country as you. I'm not sure if you can restrict certain games from being shared, but if it works the same way as family sharing previously, I think you will get a VAC ban on your account if you let someone play your online games and they get caught cheating. I think you can only join 1 family group per year starting from the date you join.
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I have no problem with sharing my whole library with someone but I didn't know the VAC works the way you told then it's a huge deal and better not to share with a stranger.
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I just found a page that confirms that is how it works.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/4149575031735702628
What happens if my brother gets banned for cheating while playing my game?
If a family member gets banned for cheating while playing your copy of a game, you (the game owner) will also be banned in that game. Other family members are not impacted.
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Hmph. It makes sense. So it means if you share your account with someone who already has VAC secured games you might be good to go because they will not be able to play "your" copy xD
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I have never done any kind of Steam family sharing, so I'm not sure how that would work. It would be nice if Steam just gave us the option to restrict individual games so they don't get shared or give us a setting to not share online multiplayer games or VAC secured games to prevent this from happening.
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You can actually chose what copy you want to play with if both people own the same game, so they could still chose your copy, even if they have their own.
Dedicated enough troll could also request removal of the VAC secured game from their account via support, to guarantee playing with your copy and get your account VAC banned.
If you account / inventory is valuable enough, there are people out there who would get extreme satisfaction / laugh from getting your account VAC banned, don't underestimate that internet stranger dedication.
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From what I read, I believe you can hide some games from your family members by making them private or something.
So you can protect your VAC games, as well as the games you currently play to avoid them playing it and making you unable to play them.
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I don't think it's worth it. I'm using the family sharing beta and now I don't have to keep going offline when my kids are playing from my library, or in the past resolve disputes because Steam locked the entire library when only one person was using it it.
Confirming you can only join one family at a time, and have to wait a year before switching.
You could add the other person as a child which gives you more control, but I doubt anyone would let you do that (you can reset their password)!
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It's also generally to share on a specific machine. I tried to share my huge library with my kids so they could play whatever in there while they were away at school...nope, can't do that. So, instead I just find games they want or I want for us to play together and when they're bundled again, I buy more licenses. :(
The family sharing thing is pretty much worthless outside of your specific household unless they've changed the rules recently.
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They changed it already. It's not for a specific machine anymore you can share your library with an account. You can't play the same game at the same time though. But they at least allowed to play two diff games at the same time up to 2 player.
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They recently changed it so that you can have a family of up to 6 people and anyone can play any game they want on any device they want at the same time. Multiple people playing the same game is restricted by how many copies of the specific game are in the pool of the family. So if 2 accounts own a certain game in your family group, any 2 people can play it at the same time and the other family members can be playing other games.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/4149575031735702628
Can we go through a real world example of how a Steam Family might share games?
Of course! Let's say that you are in a family with 4 members and that you own a copy of Portal 2 and a copy of Half-Life. At any time, any one member can play Portal 2 and another can play Half-Life. If two of you would like to play Portal 2 at the same time, someone else in the family will need to purchase a copy of the game. After that purchase, there are two owned copies of Portal 2 across the family and any two members can play at the same time.
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Good to know! My daughter isn't a big gamer, but my son is. He may want to try out one of the 7K games in my library before buying it! :D :D :D
Thanks for the info!
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Is there any Steam group where I share a Steam family post? I have 2000+ games I'm looking for someone who has Persona 5 Royal.
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