You are ineligible to join this Steam Family at this time, as your Steam activity doesn't indicate that you are in the same household as other members of this family.

[INikMybe]

What can be done, please tell me.

[nullable]

Sounds like you're trying to join a family and aren't eligible too. Perhaps you're not in the same region or there's other issues. If you think this is wrong, take it up with Steam support.

[HikariLight]

The new family sharing means you will need to be in the same country/region as the host.
The family sharing is meant to be between family, not someone you met online.
It's called FAMILY share for a reason.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

This was in Steam news.
Introducing Steam Families
Hello! We are excited to announce Steam Families, available today in the Steam Beta Client.

Steam Families is a collection of new and existing family-related features. It replaces both Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View, giving you a single location to manage which games your family can access and when they can play.

Create a Steam Family

To get started, you can create a Steam Family and then invite up to 5 family members. You can manage your family from your Steam Client, mobile device or web browser.

Join the Steam Family Beta

To test the new Steam Families feature, you will need to be opted into the Steam Family Beta. Any family members you invite will also need to join the beta.
While Steam is running, click on Steam upper left, then choose the "Settings" menu.
Select Interface, then under "Client Beta Participation" select the dropdown menu
Select Steam Family Beta from the drop down list, and click OK. You'll be prompted to restart Steam at this point.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/4149575031735702628?l=english

[RxnAway]

i had this same pop up with my irl friend and I cant join their family wut da hell man same country

[ZanyScum]

Originally posted by Say gex:

i had this same pop up with my irl friend and I cant join their family wut da hell man same country

Are you reading your own post?
Friend != Family, you know?

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by Say gex:

i had this same pop up with my irl friend and I cant join their family wut da hell man same country

Friend does not equal family.
The family share is intended for parents/siblings/kids to share with each other.
It is not intended for friends in different countries to try and use it to get around possible regional restrictions.

[Stratos]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

Originally posted by Say gex:

i had this same pop up with my irl friend and I cant join their family wut da hell man same country

Friend does not equal family.
The family share is intended for parents/siblings/kids to share with each other.
It is not intended for friends in different countries to try and use it to get around possible regional restrictions.

Originally posted by ZanyScum:

Originally posted by Say gex:

i had this same pop up with my irl friend and I cant join their family wut da hell man same country

Are you reading your own post?
Friend != Family, you know?

That's cool that friend != family, but steam does not know who that person is. They cannot know who they are (a friend or a family member).

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Stratos:

That's cool that friend != family, but steam does not know who that person is. They cannot know who they are (a friend or a family member).

Correct. Its also irrelevant. The only thing required is that all family members have the same Steam store region.
I have a friend in my Steam family who lives 500 km away from me and could add them without a problem. Because same country/same store region. That is the only restriction.

[ZIM]

bro these replies actually just seem like bots saying the same stuff that this feature is not intended for friends to be sharing games. How would they even know that??

I have invited a friend that lives across my whole country and he was able to accept it but my aunt that made me like videos games as I do today cant with this error and she lives some 15-minutes away from my house??

[Koyote Khan]

Originally posted by ZIM:

I have invited a friend that lives across my whole country and he was able to accept it but my aunt that made me like videos games as I do today cant with this error and she lives some 15-minutes away from my house??

Having this same issue. One kid is 1k miles away with a newer steam account, worked fine. Yet another I've been steam friends with for a decade won't allow it. Also lives in the same country, and has played games on his account on my IP prior to moving away.

If either kid was going to get flagged, I have no idea why it would be the older account that has been logged on to my PC in past.

[WafuKaba87]

You should share the same IP address location for this works. So your account should be logged in the same WIFI network for a set number of days for steam to detect you are in the same Houshold.

[WafuKaba87]

Originally posted by ZIM:

bro these replies actually just seem like bots saying the same stuff that this feature is not intended for friends to be sharing games. How would they even know that??

I have invited a friend that lives across my whole country and he was able to accept it but my aunt that made me like videos games as I do today cant with this error and she lives some 15-minutes away from my house??

your friend might be playing on different WIFI locations frequently. maybe traveling? thats why Steam cant set the actual location your friend is base on. once your friend tried to play on 1 wifi network for a set number of days you friend might get flagged that it is outside the houshold.

your Aunt on the other hand might be playing on a PC and is using 1 wifi network all the time. in this case Steam has already pin point the location of your aunt via IP address location.


by the way this is how Netflix determines shared accounts by family members as well so i assume this would be similar.

[ZIM]

Originally posted by WafuKaba87:

Originally posted by ZIM:

bro these replies actually just seem like bots saying the same stuff that this feature is not intended for friends to be sharing games. How would they even know that??

I have invited a friend that lives across my whole country and he was able to accept it but my aunt that made me like videos games as I do today cant with this error and she lives some 15-minutes away from my house??

your friend might be playing on different WIFI locations frequently. maybe traveling? thats why Steam cant set the actual location your friend is base on. once your friend tried to play on 1 wifi network for a set number of days you friend might get flagged that it is outside the houshold.

your Aunt on the other hand might be playing on a PC and is using 1 wifi network all the time. in this case Steam has already pin point the location of your aunt via IP address location.


by the way this is how Netflix determines shared accounts by family members as well so i assume this would be similar.

This is just factually wrong tho, my friend always plays on the same computer and we had never shared games prior and on top of that I only met him a year ago through Outlast Trials, on the other hand I believe I have logged onto my account on my aunt's computer before.
None of it makes any sense

[Nylora]

I can't have my family join that is closer to me than the first person I added. It makes 0 sense. In fact the two that i'm trying to add are CLOSER to eachother than me. Yet one of them was allowed while the other is rejected with that message. Could REALLY use some help.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

I'm glad Valve tightened up the restrictions on the beta because there was rampant abuse all over the forums looking for randoms to share with.