Family approval ceremony on the steam game platform is finally 12 years later. The valve transforms them in favor of the successor function steam families, which has been in parallel since the completion of September 2024. If you want to share the game on the steam, you have to install a steam family. It has advantages and disadvantages.
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Along with steam families, the valve makes the largest ban of previous family libraries: members can now play different titles from the same account in parallel. As soon as the owner started any game, the steam blocked the entire library for others. Many family members can play only one title if they buy it several times. Functionally correct for new children -there are wing restrictions.
Less opportunities for friends
For friends, the valve limits the opportunity to share games. Users can only join a steam family, which is also limited to six members. You can join only one steam family every 12 months and as soon as you leave one, the space has been blocked for a long time. The valve accepts in its own blogThey can change family relationships, but perhaps not so often that frequent changes were necessary.
There are also reports on redditThat steam families can often be established only when members are in the same network (through Wlan or Ethernet). Apparently the valve video streaming service does the same IP balance as Netflix. After the initial convenience, the location on the steam should not be taken care of.
Big or many friends of friends can no longer share games with each other. In addition, users can rarely buy steam accounts with individual games and connect them to the main account.
(MMA)
