Steam Family Sharing

[A-Horus]

Hey this a question, Family Sharing is on Beta rn. And one feature that I would like to have is to be able to play the same game at the same time. Because it's a pain for me and my brother to want one new game and buy it but we cannot play at the same time and I feel like having a sharing is pointless because it's like we still need to buy two games that are really expensive. You guys think in the future will add that feature of playing to games at the same time

[Cathulhu]

Not going to happen. A single license will stay a single license, it will not magically duplicate so you can play together with just one game copy.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by A-Horus:

Steam Family Sharing

Hey this a question, Family Sharing is on Beta rn. And one feature that I would like to have is to be able to play the same game at the same time. Because it's a pain for me and my brother to want one new game and buy it but we cannot play at the same time and I feel like having a sharing is pointless because it's like we still need to buy two games that are really expensive. You guys think in the future will add that feature of playing to games at the same time

Can we go through a real world example of how a Steam Family might share games?

Of course! Let's say that you are in a family with 4 members and that you own a copy of Portal 2 and a copy of Half-Life. At any time, any one member can play Portal 2 and another can play Half-Life. If two of you would like to play Portal 2 at the same time, someone else in the family will need to purchase a copy of the game. After that purchase, there are two owned copies of Portal 2 across the family and any two members can play at the same time.

In this example, if your family choose to not buy a second copy, you can play any other game in your library while waiting for your family member to finish playing your copy of Portal 2.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/054C-3167-DD7F-49D4#frequent