The newSteam Families is finally out of betaand is now available for all users to share their game libraries.
Valvehas introduced the newSteamFamilies feature to replace the traditional family sharing on the platform as well as the family view feature. The new method is much more streamlined and makes sharing games a lot easier than how it used to be.
To get started with Steam Families, you have to either create a Family or join an existing one.
How many members can one Steam Family have?
One Steam Family can have a total of six members. There are two types of accounts — Adult and Child, and the combination changes from family to family.
How to create a Steam Family
To create a Steam Family, simply:
That’s it — now you have successfully created a Steam Family and you can invite people to that. If you want to join an existing family instead, choose the first option in step 6.
How to know if you can share a game on Steam Families
The best way to know if a game is sharable on Steam Families is by visiting its store page and looking for the Family Sharing feature.
If the game has it mentioned, congrats — you’d be able to share it with your friends. If the feature is not listed, unfortunately, you won’t be able to share that game and have to wait for the devs to implement the feature.
Steam has provideda list of gamesthat currently support the feature, and at the time of writing, there are over 66,000 matching results.
