Gifting games

[Ancient Alien]

Hi
i would like to know if its possible to gift games already in my games library to family?
here is my situation, i have 4 sons and at the moment we only have 1 pc and share this account, when i say share i mean its my account and i let them use it but at christmas i'm thinking of getting them all a laptop and would like to know if they get there own accounts can i gift them games out of my library that i don't play to there new accounts

[Theblaze]

No, you can only purchase gifts directly and send it to the other steam accounts.

[Ancient Alien]

i thought so from what i seen on google i was just hoping that in these sorts of circumstances the steam gods could intervene and use there powers to help

[Theblaze]

Steam Support can't and won't transfer or make a game in your library giftable. Once a game is activated or purchased, it's permanently bound to the steam account.

Try using family sharing instead.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3784-QLBM-5731

[DemonicShadow]

You cant gift them your games but they can gain acesess to your games

Do family sharing on there account follow the instructions below or just youtube it

To do this log into your steam account on there pc and go to settings family and check mark authorize libary sharing on this computer, make sure you checkmark the profiles below after that and then log out and make them log back into theres.

Do know only one of them can play the games at one time

Example if person A is playing a game person B cant and if your playing a game on your account none of them can play you get priority first.

Just search up on youtube how to family share steam library

[Ancient Alien]

thanks for the info guys, not ideal but its a solution, i'll look in to it when they sorted
thanks again

[Kasumi]

I allways playing my games on ever my gamming system of else it my laptop ..As stream seen to see this somehow an seen me a pin to enter each time i wish to play again on my stream account my gamming rig has 3 system an i use a laptop as well ..I even play rome total war 2 once on 2 system at same time an work great ..Just play offline it works ..Log in an then play offline ..I soon be buying a new rig double cores system .

[DemonicShadow]

Originally posted by Ancient Alien:

thanks for the info guys, not ideal but its a solution, i'll look in to it when they sorted
thanks again

Sorry one thing I forgot to say you both can play the same game at the same time just not together online at the same time

The account holder like the orgional guy who is family sharing can access his games anytime as I said and if he is playing a game the others cant

BUT!!!!

If the account holder sets his account to offline mode and plays his game offline then 1 other person cam play a one of the shared games at the same time

The shared account people need to have internet to acesess your games also and the game of course have to be already download forst to play them offline.