After a earlier this year Steam Families now live with a new way for relatives to join the game portal. Up to five family members can be invited to a group, which will provide access to a shared family library. Each person can create their own save files and collect their achievements for games in the family library.
The marquee development with the new family feature is that multiple people within a group will be able to play games from a shared library at the same time. If you own more than one copy of a game, then more than one person can play that title. The caveat with family sharing is that the game developer may choose not to support this feature. Holds steam titles where family sharing is currently enabled.
Steam Families also features the old Steam Family View, where adults can monitor and limit what kids in a group can do on the platform. Any adult in the family will be able to restrict children’s access to the Steam store, communities or chat. They can also set playtime limits, approve limit extensions, and recover a child’s account if a password is lost.
This type of family sharing plan does not always reflect a person’s home environment, and Steam has some restrictions on the use of Steam Families. Adults can leave the family group at any time, but must wait a year to join or create another family. Also, Steam accounts must be in the same country to join a family group.
