How to share a library on steam with a friend. Enabling Family Sharing on Steam

14.12.2019

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»

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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.

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 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 moment.

kryptoBush (Alina)
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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)

A few years ago, an interesting feature appeared on Steam that allows you to exchange games from your account with other people. This is Steam Family Sharing, thanks to which any user can dispose of your game library. Until you play yourself, he will use what is on your account.

Let's talk about Steam Library Sharing. You will learn how to add a friend, as well as discuss the features of the service.

About the service

The service is intended for people who decide to purchase one game in order to play it all at once. Previously, everyone had to buy a separate copy. Now, anyone can get a game, and then give others access to their own library, and they can run it as long as they need.

How to use such a function?

Look in the client settings, find the section on the family - that's what it's called. There you can choose to authorize your computer and other users.

If your computer is designed for several users and someone has already sat behind it, having carried out the authorization procedure, then you will see in the library not only your own, but also other people's games.

We allow other gamers to use your games.

This procedure is carried out in several steps.

We go into the Steam account on the computer that will gain access to your library. If you can't get to it yet, just share your username and password with the person you want to offer your games to. Be vigilant, do not trust confidential data to just anyone, as there are a lot of scammers - they will be happy to use your account for their own purposes.
Now we add the computer to the list of authorized devices. To do this, in the settings, you need to find the button that starts the authorization procedure.
In the next step, we select the users who will have access to the library. Check the box next to the name of a specific person and confirm, and then he will always watch the games from your library on his PC. If there are no accounts in the list, you can log in once on behalf of the person who needs access - then he will be added to the list.

How to play?

Launch the game, after which a notification is sent to the owner that you intend to play. The account owner will approve it, and you will be able to use everything in their library. The function is limited - you can play anything, but only as long as the account owner does not want to launch something himself. And it doesn't matter if he entered the same project in which you are now or any other - a launch notification will be presented, informing that you have a few minutes left. When they expire, there will be an offer to buy the game on its page in the Steam store.

In the distant past, there are times when you could ask a friend to let you play a disc. Security systems have improved, and now even the most seedy projects require activation via the Internet, which is why the person who borrowed the toy may well receive the message: "This key has already been activated." Therefore, if you prefer to use exclusively licensed products, but do not want to spend extra money on the purchase unnecessary game, one remains the only way- borrow a disk.

registration

Find "Steam" in your browser and go to this trading platform.
In the upper right corner, click in turn the two buttons "Download Steam" and "Login".
While the computer is downloading the client, click the "Create an account" button in the window that opens.
Fill in the form that opens.
Be sure to read the "License Agreement". It is able to answer many questions, especially regarding illegal transfer of accounts. This is necessary so that later it does not arise in which a person receives an account ban, but does not understand why.
Confirm the entered data.

registration Steam account completed. Now is the time to take the next step.

Friends

Start the Steam client.
In the lower right corner, select "Friends List". A small window will appear.
There click "Add friend ...".
Now enter the nickname you want. The system will first search for the most accurate matches based on your location. Therefore, if your friend is from Japan, and you are from Kaliningrad, make sure the spelling of his nickname is accurate. Otherwise, you will get many results that do not meet your expectations.
Click Add Friend.

After that, you just have to wait for your request to be confirmed.

Protection

A prerequisite for dividing the library is to connect to the service account (SG). Without it, the system will not allow you to "share" your games. This is easy to do.

Enter your account settings by selecting the appropriate item in the top menu.
Run SG settings.
Choose the option that suits you (receiving codes by mail or phone).

Sharing

Give your friend your username and password to enter Steam.
After authorization, you need to send your friend a one-time code from SG.
Now you should activate Family Sharing on both computers (yours and your friend's). To do this, go to the settings.
Select the "Family" tab and check the appropriate box.

After the checkbox has been set on both computers, your friend can safely log out of your account and log into his own. You must log in again and go to the same settings. There you can see that several devices are now connected to the account. But, besides this, there will be a choice of which account you need to connect to the system. Authorize (without username and password) friend's account.

Rules

We have already seen that to activate the "joint" mode, you need to transfer your account data. Make sure to share games with a trusted person.
Only one person can play from one account. If you run the game on your computer, the person using the shared access will be forcibly disconnected after 5 minutes.
Share the entire library at once. But saving and settings will be individual.
Your friend will not be able to receive cards.
When using codes, cheats or fraudulent transactions, your account will be banned, not your friend.

Now you can understand that by sharing games with someone, you also share responsibility. Carefully choose your "friends" and check those you trust.