Are family members you don't live with allowed in the new Steam Families feature?

[DizzyChimera]

The policy is that Family Sharing (not Steam Families) was for family and friends, if I remember correctly, but the new system's pages specify "household" in some places. Is the new system supposed to be household-only, any family, or family and friends? This should be clarified on the page.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Same country in the new system.

Huge mega thread...

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamfamilies/discussions/0/7204143093508047969/

[DizzyChimera]

Ah, thank you.

[Ogami]

Its technically not even the same country, its the same "store region".
You can only invite users who have the same Steam store region as yourself.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Its technically not even the same country, its the same "store region".
You can only invite users who have the same Steam store region as yourself.

People are complaining that 2 Euro store regions cannot. Different country but both use Euro.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Its technically not even the same country, its the same "store region".
You can only invite users who have the same Steam store region as yourself.

People are complaining that 2 Euro store regions cannot. Different country but both use Euro.

:winterbunny2023:

Yeah because it still counts as a different store region. For example the French store is different from the German store, even if both use the same prices and Euro.
My point was just that for example i have a relative who currently is in another country but their store is still set to Germany i can add them, even if they are not physically in Germany.
Its not about the location but the Steam store setting.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

People are complaining that 2 Euro store regions cannot. Different country but both use Euro.

Yeah because it still counts as a different store region. For example the French store is different from the German store, even if both use the same prices and Euro.
My point was just that for example i have a relative who currently is in another country but their store is still set to Germany i can add them, even if they are not physically in Germany.
Its not about the location but the Steam store setting.

K.

Could this be the main reason why sharing was broken so much since last year, basically unsharing users randomly?

I know the broken Family View store checkout issues back before and during the Autumn sale had to do with the melding of the 2 features.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by snowboundCabin:

The policy is that Family Sharing (not Steam Families) was for family and friends, if I remember correctly, but the new system's pages specify "household" in some places. Is the new system supposed to be household-only, any family, or family and friends? This should be clarified on the page.

It is clarified in the FAQ:

Who can be in a Steam Family?

is intended for a household of up to 6 close family members.

[TheDuhJ]

This is discriminatory against people who live in tents. Just saying. How insensitive

[clone]

Why can’t I join my friends family

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by clone:

Why can’t I join my friends family

The beta requires every person to have the same Steam Store Country (this may require a recent purchase to set the country code on the account) and everyone participating in the Steam beta.

[Leeloo]

nope. because valve apparently thinks all families live in one super mansion like gaben

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Leeloo:

nope. because valve apparently thinks all families live in one super mansion like gaben

If by Super Mansion you mean the entirety of one country, then you are correct.

[Will_Smack]

So I can’t be in a family with my friends if we live in different houses?

[Norma]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.