Is it possible to lend a game?

[Hikari.ws]

My girlfriend wanna play some games I have in my library.

She wanted me to give her my password so she'd play on my account. But I don't like to have other's passwords and neither give mine, so I denied, and we had a very sad fight.

Now she propposed to use family sharing. That seems fair and I accepted. But it seems that the feature would require my account to be logged on her PC so it would authorize her account to play my games. Well of course I don't wanna log my account on anybody else's PC.

I convinced her to stop asking. But I'm still gonna make the question just in case. Is there any legal and safe way for me to lend a game in my library to her? without giving her my password and not having to log on her PC.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Nope. Giving out your password is a security risk and account sharing is against the SSA.

Family Sharing is the only acceptable way, but it will require you logging in on her system.

There are no other ways, unless you want to purchase the games for her.

[Hikari.ws]

If she logs on my PC and I authorize her from here, will she be able to play my games without me logging on her PC?

[StickyPawz]

First you need to log into the PC your girlfriend will be using (in order to authorize only *that* device) … Then you can logout.

Steam > Settings > Family > [checkbox] Authorize Library Sharing on this computer.

From your account (on any PC), you can then authorize/deauthorize who gets to family share your library.

The device AND the borrower both need permission from you.

EDIT: Stick to your guns about NOT sharing passwords. She is NOT family by blood or marriage.

[ZenoA3]

sorry to bother ... but please help me with my steam acc guys.... I REALLY NEED HELP

[Hikari.ws]

I got it. So I still need to log on her PC. Is it ok to log without saving password, allow the device and never logging again?

I trust her. But security isn't about trust, it's about risk. And we're talking about Steam account, with more than a hundred games bought and all my saves on Cloud. IDK how safe her PC is.

[Teksura]

Originally posted by Hikari.ws:

I got it. So I still need to log on her PC. Is it ok to log without saving password, allow the device and never logging again?

Just don't check "remember me" and feel free to log out before you step away from the system.

[Teksura]

Also read this so you know what you're getting into and how to do it:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3784-QLBM-5731



Keep in mind that if she gets a VAC ban on any game you have shared with her, then the same VAC ban is also applied to you.

[Hikari.ws]

Thanks I'm gonna read it.

But what's a VAC ban? Is there a risk of her playing make me lose a game? I remember Ark claims to ban if somebody is cautch hacking.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Hikari.ws:

Thanks I'm gonna read it.

But what's a VAC ban? Is there a risk of her playing make me lose a game? I remember Ark claims to ban if somebody is cautch hacking.

A VAC ban is given when cheating/hacking in some games that are protected by the Valve Anti-Cheat program.

[Hikari.ws]

ah got it tnx!