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Xanthareel Jun 19, 2024 @ 10:54am
Family Sharing in different locations
Can I share my games with a family member who doesn't live with me? Also can I play a game I shared with a family member with them?

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Originally posted by Ogami:
Depends, with the old Family Share system you can share with anyone, no matter where they live.But you need to be physically able to login to their PC with your account to authorize sharing.
With the new Steam Families system that is currently in BETA you will be able to only share with users that are in the same Steam store region as you. So not with someone in another country. On the plus side you dont need to authorize anything in the new system, just send out an invite via the friend list.

As for the second question, in both systems you only have one license for a game.
If the person you share the game with is playing the game its in use and not available to you.
So no, you cant play multiplayer games via Family Share with more then one person.
Every user needs their own copy if you want to play together.
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fayzik Jun 19, 2024 @ 11:23am 
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Ogami Jun 19, 2024 @ 11:28am 
Depends, with the old Family Share system you can share with anyone, no matter where they live.But you need to be physically able to login to their PC with your account to authorize sharing.
With the new Steam Families system that is currently in BETA you will be able to only share with users that are in the same Steam store region as you. So not with someone in another country. On the plus side you dont need to authorize anything in the new system, just send out an invite via the friend list.

As for the second question, in both systems you only have one license for a game.
If the person you share the game with is playing the game its in use and not available to you.
So no, you cant play multiplayer games via Family Share with more then one person.
Every user needs their own copy if you want to play together.
Last edited by Ogami; Jun 19, 2024 @ 11:29am
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tomatoes Sep 24, 2024 @ 5:42pm 
will this be fixed on the future
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Wild Snake Nov 1, 2024 @ 11:28am 
Not only the same store region, it has to be the same address.
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Tyler Hel Apr 26 @ 7:29pm 
Cant say I love the new system. My brother moved to California and now cant be apart of my family.
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Wren Apr 27 @ 4:29am 
This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.
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