Steam family issue

[Nekogod]

So I share my library with my brothers, but we don't live together tried to use steam family but it won't let us. Is that the end of that then?

[Chika Ogiue]

If you don't have the same Steam store region, one of you will have to change region so they match. You'd need to do that by buying a game from the region you want to switch to. You'll also need a valid payment method and billing address in that region.

If you don't and can't meet that requirement, you cannot share your library anymore.

[dantedoomsday]

That's the end of that.

I had the same situation. We live in the same country (and the same state), but we don't actually live together. Steam wouldn't let them join saying we weren't in the same household.

[Nekogod]

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

If you don't have the same Steam store region, one of you will have to change region so they match. You'd need to do that by buying a game from the region you want to switch to. You'll also need a valid payment method and billing address in that region.

If you don't and can't meet that requirement, you cannot share your library anymore.

We do meet that requirement we all live in the same country 2 of us live in the same town. Region, address and card all showing same country still says we are not it same household.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Nekogod:

We do meet that requirement we all live in the same country 2 of us live in the same town. Region, address and card all showing same country still says we are not it same household.

That happens if your purchase/play history shows you never shared the same location so Steam flags that account as not from the same household.
Its pretty dumb.
A workaround is to have your brothers log into your PC with their Steam accounts, then starting a random game for a minute or two.
After that you can switch to your account and send out the family invite.
For Steam it now shows you both having logged in and played from the same location and the invite will work.
After they joined the family it does no longer matter from where they log in, its really just the invite thats such a pain in the butt to get working.

[Nekogod]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by Nekogod:

We do meet that requirement we all live in the same country 2 of us live in the same town. Region, address and card all showing same country still says we are not it same household.

That happens if your purchase/play history shows you never shared the same location so Steam flags that account as not from the same household.
Its pretty dumb.
A workaround is to have your brothers log into your PC with their Steam accounts, then starting a random game for a minute or two.
After that you can switch to your account and send out the family invite.
For Steam it now shows you both having logged in and played from the same location and the invite will work.
After they joined the family it does no longer matter from where they log in, its really just the invite thats such a pain in the butt to get working.

Thanks, will give that a try!

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[Ettanin]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by Nekogod:

We do meet that requirement we all live in the same country 2 of us live in the same town. Region, address and card all showing same country still says we are not it same household.

That happens if your purchase/play history shows you never shared the same location so Steam flags that account as not from the same household.
Its pretty dumb.
A workaround is to have your brothers log into your PC with their Steam accounts, then starting a random game for a minute or two.
After that you can switch to your account and send out the family invite.
For Steam it now shows you both having logged in and played from the same location and the invite will work.
After they joined the family it does no longer matter from where they log in, its really just the invite thats such a pain in the butt to get working.

As I suspected, it looks for a commonly used system now.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Nekogod:

We do meet that requirement we all live in the same country 2 of us live in the same town. Region, address and card all showing same country still says we are not it same household.

Then as Ogami says, it might be an issue with recorded IP address. Sharing the same IP address for at least one session was meant to also be a requirement in the old sharing system.