Family Sharing in different locations

[Xanthareel]

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?

[fayzik]

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[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.

[tomatoes]

will this be fixed on the future
?

[Wild Snake]

Not only the same store region, it has to be the same address.

[Tyler Hel]

Cant say I love the new system. My brother moved to California and now cant be apart of my family.

[Wren]

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