Cant use Steam on two computers!!! Help!

[GuacaMohle233]

hello my son and i share the the same account on steam but on two computers. he plays sea of thieves and i play microsoft flightsimulator 2020. the problem is i cant play my game while he plays his... and vice versa. is there a way where we dont interrupt each others game?

[Pscht]

Yes, get another account. You are not supposed to use it with two people, ever.

[TEKnowledgy]

Originally posted by Pscht:

Yes, get another account. You are not supposed to use it with two people, ever.

Yep you literally told on yourself here OP always read a ToS fully. it's entirely banable offense.

Originally posted by GuacaMohle233:

hello my son and i share the the same account on steam but on two computers. he plays sea of thieves and i play microsoft flightsimulator 2020. the problem is i cant play my game while he plays his... and vice versa. is there a way where we dont interrupt each others game?

But yes what you described is true even in family share with 2 different accounts on 2 different comps. if owner of the library is playing a game the one that gets the shared library can not play the games from it at the same time. I know this is not what you are doing but just putting this out there ahead of time.

For 1 account 2 pc practically same thing who ever runs the 1st game is the winner. So the only way on steam to play 2 different games is to have 2 different accounts using 2 different libraries as a whole. Yea I know this costs just that much more money to have to re-buy a game for 2nd account but thats life and that's steam. There is other ways but the ToS and forum rules prevent me from speaking freely. You'll have to figure "other ways" out yourself.

[Bee🐝]

As the others have said, get your son his own account.

Trust us, we have this conversation all the time with parents - two accounts will make life so much easier in the future. Remember, games are bound to an account, so you won’t be able, when his older, to move “his” games; you’ll have to re-buy all of them.

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Originally posted by GuacaMohle233:

hello my son and i share the the same account on steam but on two computers. he plays sea of thieves and i play microsoft flightsimulator 2020. the problem is i cant play my game while he plays his... and vice versa. is there a way where we dont interrupt each others game?

Your friend will have to create their own account.

[Haruspex]

One parent to another, get your son his own account. Besides, that way you can play games together.

[itzRiceKrispies]

Originally posted by The Living Tribunal:

Originally posted by GuacaMohle233:

hello my son and i share the the same account on steam but on two computers. he plays sea of thieves and i play microsoft flightsimulator 2020. the problem is i cant play my game while he plays his... and vice versa. is there a way where we dont interrupt each others game?

Your friend will have to create their own account.

Son. Not friend. Parents arent there to be friends with their kids. Thats what grandparents do.

Edited to get rid of my ridiculous rant that went off topic and was bugging me.

[Kargor]

Do keep in mind that family sharing will NOT help, since a shared library can only be used by one account at a time. You really need to have your own distinct libraries as well; just having different accounts won't do it.