How to give permission to play on incentive. How to share a game on steam with a friend? What is steam family sharing

The playground on Steam is constantly improving. Another interesting feature that has been added to this service is Family Sharing. Read on to learn more about it, and to understand exactly how to activate this access.

The essence of the function is that you can open access to your game library to another user, and he will be able to play these games. Just as if they were bought by him or as if you bought a disc from a store and after playing for a while handed it to your friend. That way, you and a friend, a real family member, or anyone else can save and save a decent amount. One user will no longer have to buy games that he would like to play that are already present in the account of another Steam user. In addition, new games can be co-purchased.

Turn on family sharing

The feature was originally only available for beta testing, but today "Family Sharing" can be used by any user, after which he will be able to share his games with another person and have access to his games. To activate Family Sharing, you need to do the following:

Turn off family sharing

In order to turn off family viewing on Steam, you need to go to management "Family Sharing"... This is done in the same way, through the settings window, where you need to use the button "Controlling other computers"... This screen will show all computers that have access to your account through the function "Family Sharing"... In order to disable access to a specific computer, you must click the button "Deauthorize", after which this device will no longer have access to the library of your games.

Conclusion

Now you know how you can share your game library with other Steam users. Only share your library with people you trust.

In order to give a friend access to their games in Steam, it is not necessary to give him a username and password on a permanent basis. Firstly, it is not safe, and secondly, Valve has long introduced such a function as "Family Library Sharing". The essence of this function is that you allow your friend to play your games under his login. For example, you can explain it like this: you gave a friend access to games, and he went to play Counter strike: Global offensive... Everything that he plays there through the "family library" will go to his statistics, and not to yours. And when a friend has already bought his copy of the game, the whole process will be transferred to his account. And in the case when he, God forbid, uses cheats, then the ban will come not to your account, but to his.

The obvious advantage of this kind of "sharing" of the library is that your record data cannot be compromised. You are not responsible, and you will not pay for other people's actions.

This raises the obvious question, why not buy games by teaming up and give access, then play with the whole company? It's simple, you can't run public games if the owner of the "library" account is playing something. Plus not all games are available for general use, those that have third-party authentication (Uplay, Rockstar Social Club etc.) are prohibited from “sharing”. Such games are marked in on the Steam store as “Third Party DRM Technology”.

The list of prohibited games for the family library also includes those games that have regional restrictions. They are not prohibited in principle, but let's say you have a Dishonored game that is limited to several regions, including Russia. A friend lives in conditional Germany, having a Russian version of the game in your game library, you will not be able to add it to the shared library.

Gaining access

The next step is to do the same, but on a friend's computer. We log into our account from it (at the same time, then you will not have to do this, and do not tick the remembering password box) and do this operation again. That's it, access is granted. Thus, you can distribute games to five accounts, which of them you can allow right now, you can select in the same "Families" menu by checking or unchecking the checkboxes.

Instead of a postscript, it is worth writing that if you have Steam Guard connected, then you will also have to include your friend's PC in the list of allowed devices. At the first authorization from his computer, you will receive a password by mail, which should be entered, and check the "Remember this device" checkbox. But do not put the same checkbox next to the login / password pair entry form. Thus, it will remain allowed for viewing, but will not be able to enter without your data. And in the case of a virus or other spyware, your account will remain safe.

Revoke access

As the name suggests, this is a family library. It is understood that only those closest to you will have access. In no case do not "share" your game library with unknown people. Your passwords will simply be stolen. It may well be that if you lose control over your account when you contact technical support Valve will simply refuse you.

Outcome

From the above, you may get the feeling that the family library is an extremely inconvenient thing, because a lot of games are not available in it. Plus you can't even play different games, that is, one player per account. And this is a fair judgment, but one can look at it from the other side.

Firstly, all games from Valve itself are publicly available, which is already a good layer of projects, and secondly, almost 100% security. The only moment when you are in a vulnerable position is the moment you enter your data to connect your friend's PC to the "Family". After that, you are free to immediately erase all references to your data. And by giving your friend your username / password, besides exposing your account to the highest risk, you will not fix the problems of one player per account. That is, in no case is it possible to play different games of the same account at the same time. So, this is not a minus.

Family Library Sharing is not a panacea, but the only safe option.

What is steam family sharing?

Instructions:
1. Both accounts must have Steam guard enabled. Otherwise, an error will appear:

2. If you want to get a friend's library, you need to log in from your device (PC) to both accounts and confirm the login using Steam guard.

5. We go to your account and at the bottom of your library apparently an additional tab “ Friend games»

Small video:

Nuances and limitations when using steam family sharing

- If the owner of the library enters one of his games, then you will not be able to use the library and play his games. If you are already in his game, then in 5 minutes you will be kicked out.
- You can only share the library, you cannot share individual games.
- You cannot share a single game, only the entire library.
- Cards do not drop from friend's games.
- Achievement and preservation remain with everyone.
— Maximum amount accounts using your library - 5. The number of devices (PC) - 10.
- Regional steam restrictions apply to both libraries.
- If any of the accounts family access receives various types of bans, then the lock extends to the owner of the library.
- You need to find your friend online to play games.

In order to save money on buying PS4 games, you will need:

1. A reliable friend or companion

2. PS4 connected to the internet

I would like to make a reservation right away that in the method described in the article, only those who use someone else's account are at risk. The account owner, subject to basic security rules, does not risk anything. If a friend fails or does not help with money in buying games, just change the password to your account and that's it. Just warn your friend in advance so that he does not go to him again, otherwise his licenses will "fly off" when entering an account with a changed password. If he does not log into the updated account, the licenses will remain until the end of the console's life.

To buy games for half the face value, you need a reliable companion with whom you will do it. Undoubtedly it comes about buying games on PSN, that is, digitally.

Advantages of this method are obvious: both can play the same game at the same time, there is no danger of damaging the disc. Buying PSN Plus also becomes twice as cheap as both members can use it!

disadvantages: long download of the game if you have an antediluvian Internet, it is impossible to resell the game after passing, the main account owner must play while online.

1. The account owner deactivates the account on the console (Settings> PSN> Activate as primary PS4 system>

3. A friend activates this account as the main PS4 system. (Settings> PSN> Activate as Primary PS4> Activate)

4. A friend in the PS4 menu goes to the game library or PSN Store (which is more convenient), finds the game you purchased (or several games) and puts it on download.

5. Completely downloads the game, but you don't have to wait for the download to finish, the main thing is to download it!

6. A friend leaves the account with the game and does not go there anymore.

7. A friend informs you that all the procedures have been done and you are deactivating the linked consoles from the site.

9. The owner logs into his account on the console and makes it the main one.

Brief, step-by-step instruction how to buy games with a friend for two:

1. The owner of the account on which the games will be bought together deactivates the account on the console (Settings> PSN> Activate as the main PS4 system> Deactivate) and transfers the data (login and password) to a friend

2. Friend With this data you create new account on the console.

3. A friend activates this account as the main PS4 system. (Settings> PSN> Activate as Primary PS4> Activate)

4. A friend in the PS4 menu goes to the game library or PSN Store (which is more convenient), finds the game you purchased (or several games) and puts it on download. And so every time a game is bought.

5. You don't have to wait for the download to finish, the main thing is to download it!

6. A friend leaves the account with the game and does not go there again until the next purchase of the game.

7. A friend can play the game from his personal account and even offline. The owner is online from his own.

8. The only limitation: The owner of the account can play purchased games ONLY ONLINE and on his account.

After the performed procedure, you can play the purchased games at least together while online. There are NO restrictions.

Link to Sony Entertainmen Network, where you can deactivate all linked consoles and devices to your account: link

Link to official FAQ from Sony:"How to access your Playstation Store data on another Playstation system"

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Due to the fact that questions immediately began to appear, I decided to supplement the FAQ article (the punctuation of the original questions is fully preserved):

2. Question: "a) What will happen to a friend's games if he logs into my account while I play?

b) And is it possible for us to change the order of purchases of games, that is, first, for example, he will buy a game on his account and I will download, and then, on the contrary, I will buy a game for myself and he will download, if you can describe how to do it. "

Answer: a) If a friend logs into an account when they are already playing on it, then most likely you will receive a notification that someone has logged in to this account and you will be thrown out of the game in the main menu. Nothing bad will happen. But, I remind you that you need to log into the owner's account ONLY to download games and that's it!

b) A very good question and suggestion, since in this case even if you quarrel and stop cooperation, both will forever remain with their purchases... To do this, everyone needs to go through the procedure with a friend's account and buy games one by one. V in this case everyone on the console will have a friend's account tied to your console. In case of termination of cooperation, simply change passwords and deactivate the consoles through the site.

1 question: "I did not quite understand..

Look, let's say my friend bought himself an Infamous Second Son

We have done all the procedures.

Will I be able to play the game if he turns off the console?

(Well, this is the type of how both threw themselves into the game) - this method, I'm talking about it "

Answer: If you followed the instructions, then you can play the same game at the same time and even online. You are not dependent on each other in any way, as you play on different accounts... The account owner plays on his own, his friend must use his, despite the fact that the games are downloaded from the friend's account. The owner of the console has a license tied to an account and can only play the game while online. A friend's license is tied to the console and he can play the game on any account and even offline. In order not to interfere with each other, it is better to play on their personal accounts in the game bought in a pool, and this method describes exactly this opportunity.

Question:"a) Where does the information come from that this is a legal procedure?

b) Have you tried logging into an account when your friend was playing? I heard that games can fly off.

c) Tell me how to do this procedure with the download of games, first I have a friend, and then, on the contrary, I have him, I'm interested in what order to deactivate and activate accounts "

Answer: a) Legal, because you are not breaking anything. What is not forbidden is allowed.

b) We carefully read the article and watch the video. This has been said more than once. If you buy games together and use them all the time, then nothing will happen. Just a friend will be thrown into the console menu. Then you can play again. The guest needs to enter the owner's account only to download games... There is no sense to go there anymore.

c) Do it in the order described in the video. Everyone should do this if you buy games one by one. And there can be only one order: the owner of the account deactivates, and the guest activates next. With which account should be the first to perform the procedure, and with which second - it makes no difference.

Question:"Is It Safe To Buy PSN Accounts From Sites Like This PSN store accounts?

In chapter Client to the question How to give a friend the incentive to play my games ??? given by the author Denis Fedurko the best answer is This is a family viewing, it has nothing to do with the library.
In order for your friend to be able to play your games, you must log in to his computer through your account, after which you need to "authorize" him on the friend's computer and he, having entered his account, must connect your account among the authorized list.
You must do the same on your computer with his account if you want to play his games.
You can safely play your friend's games both when he is online and when he is offline, but you will not be able to play his games if he is playing something at the same time.

kryptoBush (Alina)
Thinker
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He logs in on your computer, clicks "authorize this computer" in the family tab, you log in to your account again and in the same tab put a tick in front of his nickname in the "share suitable accounts" column. After that, he will be able to play your games on his account.

Answer from Chip[guru]
you first decide between "letting a friend play my games" and "how to send a request for permission to play his game"

Answer from Ilya Zlobin[newbie]
Add him to your family account) let him add you and play like two brothers)