Hidden games and Family sharing

[Nyrue]

I want to share my steam games with my brother but I also have games that I dont want to share, if I mark a game as hidden will he be able to see it?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Hidden games are still shared.

[Ogami]

Every game that can be shared will be shared, you cant be selective about it.
You COULD remove the game from your account for the time being via the Support page, removed games dont appear in the list of Family Share games and then restore it only if you want to play it but thats a bit drastic.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Every game that can be shared will be shared, you cant be selective about it.
You COULD remove the game from your account for the time being via the Support page, removed games dont appear in the list of Family Share games and then restore it only if you want to play it but thats a bit drastic.

There is a new bug with that apparently. They still share according to a few angry users.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

There is a new bug with that apparently. They still share according to a few angry users.

:qr:

Removed games? Thats interesting, will need to take a look with my Family Share accounts.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

There is a new bug with that apparently. They still share according to a few angry users.

:qr:

Yup, can confirm, all games appear in Family Share on one of my secondary accounts, even the "removed" ones.
Huh, might be a good chance to go through the list and find a few of the "forgotten" titles i removed years ago and could not remember anymore.

[Cathulhu]

https://store.steampowered.com/account/licenses/
Bought games will always show here, even after they were removed.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

https://store.steampowered.com/account/licenses/
Bought games will always show here, even after they were removed.

I know but that only counts for Steam bought games.
Activated keys actually disappear from the "licenses owned" page on your account if you "remove" the game.
So this Family Share glitch is pretty useful, especially if you removed a lot of bundle trash games in the past like certain (cough*) users.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

There is a new bug with that apparently. They still share according to a few angry users.

Yup, can confirm, all games appear in Family Share on one of my secondary accounts, even the "removed" ones.
Huh, might be a good chance to go through the list and find a few of the "forgotten" titles i removed years ago and could not remember anymore.
:lunar2019grinningpig:

You can see the list of all your games, even removed ones if you look through the list of games when you go through the process of enabling Family View...

https://store.steampowered.com/parental/setmine

[Ogami]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You can see the list of all your games, even removed ones if you look through the list of games when you go through the process of enabling Family View...

https://store.steampowered.com/parental/setmine

:qr:

Know that too but there are always games missing there, gone through that a few times.
It will show MOST of games removed in the past but not all.

[Foolosopher]

In the "properties" of each game you must mark them as "private" so that they go to the list of games that cannot be shared in the family library, because hiding them does not prevent them from being shared in the family library.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Foolosopher:

In the "properties" of each game you must mark them as "private" so that they go to the list of games that cannot be shared in the family library, because hiding them does not prevent them from being shared in the family library.

None of this was possible back when this thread was created.