Anyone know why this game is excluded from family sharing?

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Question is in the title, im assuming its just because its fairly new and they havent opted in yet

[Botten Hanna]

Hi, it isn't excluded.

However, multiplayer games can not be played by several family members at once using the same game through family sharing.

[Simon]

hello it is excluded in my family sharing as well, three of my members have the game including me

[Botten Hanna]

Originally posted by gALILI:

hello it is excluded in my family sharing as well, three of my members have the game including me

When you say excluded what do you mean? :) So we can understand the issue a bit more.

We're allowing it on our end - but for multiplayer games two people using the game game over family sharing can't play together as separate players

[killmeebaby]

Similar issue here. Me and my friend are both library sharing to our 3rd friend. He wanted to try it with one of us but he says the game does not appear in his library. It seems to be the only game missing from his library.

[Botten Hanna]

Originally posted by killmeebaby:

Similar issue here. Me and my friend are both library sharing to our 3rd friend. He wanted to try it with one of us but he says the game does not appear in his library. It seems to be the only game missing from his library.

Sadly multiplayer games like this won't work with family sharing. We have it enabled but he wouldn't be able to play a shared game with you both.

[Simon]

Originally posted by gALILI:

hello it is excluded in my family sharing as well, three of my members have the game including me

https://imgur.com/a/G5E7LE7 I want to share the game to a friend so he could try it, we can have up to 6 members in the new family sharing, and three members including me own the game meaning there are three copies

[GRIS]

You thick idiots you can't share multiplayer games and play them with the person who is sharing

[Simon]

We have three copies of the game, we already shared a multiplayer game and played with each other, lethal company, left 4 dead, and the forest because we have many copies of the game. The game is excluded from the new family sharing, maybe not the old one

[Botten Hanna]

Originally posted by gALILI:

We have three copies of the game, we already shared a multiplayer game and played with each other, lethal company, left 4 dead, and the forest because we have many copies of the game. The game is excluded from the new family sharing, maybe not the old one

Not on our end, we have enabled family sharing. It's possible that Steam doesn't allow it if you've received the product for free.

[Simon]

Originally posted by Botten Hanna:

Originally posted by gALILI:

We have three copies of the game, we already shared a multiplayer game and played with each other, lethal company, left 4 dead, and the forest because we have many copies of the game. The game is excluded from the new family sharing, maybe not the old one

Not on our end, we have enabled family sharing. It's possible that Steam doesn't allow it if you've received the product for free.

Yes that's what I was thinking too. Thanks anyway

[saturnalorbit]

Originally posted by Botten Hanna:

Originally posted by gALILI:

We have three copies of the game, we already shared a multiplayer game and played with each other, lethal company, left 4 dead, and the forest because we have many copies of the game. The game is excluded from the new family sharing, maybe not the old one

Not on our end, we have enabled family sharing. It's possible that Steam doesn't allow it if you've received the product for free.

yeah i'm 99% certain this is correct. i've noticed this with other games that were given away for free as well

[TheSponks]

Free Promotion Games can not be Shared via Family share. If you go to the excluded games list in the Family Beta and hover over an excluded game it tells you why its excluded

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Originally posted by TheSponks:

Free Promotion Games can not be Shared via Family share. If you go to the excluded games list in the Family Beta and hover over an excluded game it tells you why its excluded

Ah, i didnt see that originally when i was thumbing through my shared games, thats a shame

[gumble]

Originally posted by Botten Hanna:

Hi, it isn't excluded.

However, multiplayer games can not be played by several family members at once using the same game through family sharing.

I see, that's a shame. I hope I won't have any problems convincing my friends who missed out to buy the game in the future lol

[rias0500]

What if the game is part of a subscription. Could that also be a reason why it's not sharing