Family sharing

[Revarok]

My brother can access the games for sharing but i cant access the games what is wrong?

[nullable]

What games can't you access?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

You had him log into your PC and authorize your device, correct?

And you checked the filter to group by library?

[Revarok]

yes i did the first and i don't know what you mean by filter to group by library

[Revarok]

the filter wont let me do group by library

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Revarok:

the filter wont let me do group by library

Then Family Share is not active for your account, its as simple as that.
Again , your brother needs to login into your PC with their account, then in the client settings under "FAMILY" activate Family Share and select your name from the list.
Then when you switch back to your account the games of your brother should be available.

Mind you not all games can be shared, Free To Play titles and any game requiring third party logins like games from Activision, Ubisoft, EA or Rockstar can not be shared.
Also most multiplayer only games are excluded from Family Share to prevent cheating.

[Statesidemonk]

I'm having a heck of a time trying to figure this out, too. I first set it up with my brother years ago, with each of us giving the other access to our libraries. I only accessed his library a couple times, then stopped, never really returning because his library stopped appearing and I forgot about it.

Flash forward to last night and I tried to access his library after he offered to let me play Starfield and still couldn't see his library, let alone access it. We tried deactivating each other's accounts and adding them back, but that didn't work. Oddly, the issue somehow fixed itself and I was able to see his library, even downloading and playing Starfield. However, the issue immediately reverted back.

He is not playing and Steam games and is even signed out of Steam, and no one else is accessing his library.

Any ideas?

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Revarok:

yes i did the first and i don't know what you mean by filter to group by library

Did your brother also share with you?

[Revarok]

yes he shared with me as well