Valve has made sharing games on Steam easier than ever

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Valve has made sharing games on Steam easier than ever
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Steam Families is finally live, adding features that make sharing games between family members as easy as possible.

Steam Families is now available to all users, making it easier than ever to share your games library and monitor your child’s activity.

Recommended Videos Valve has also overhauled some of the features, even adding new functionality. Family Sharing has specifically gotten a huge upgrade. Previously, you could join a family and access a member’s catalog, but not all games supported it, and only one family member could play a game from an account at a time. For example, I’m in a family with my husband, and I’ve been playing through his copy of Baldur’s Gate 3.

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