Warning! This feature comes with parental controls which means that if you join a family as a child rather than as an adult, then the adults will be able to lock down and completely control your Steam experience. And the only way to leave is to be kicked by an adult or with the help of steam support.
Note this: when you join a family, if you leave said family, you cant join another family for an entire year. So be sure you want to join a family with family or friends.
That is dumb. I can understand wanting to limit hopping between families, but I don't understand why it can't be the day you join a family that starts the timer. starting it when you leave a family means that, let's say 5 years down the line you finally want to drop and join a new family or restructure, you have to wait a year no matter what.
Any idea what to do about "Failed to accept the family invite. You are ineligible to join this Steam Family at this time, as your Steam activity doesn't indicate that you are in the same household as other members of this family." ??? It's stopping me from joining and I'm not sure what to do.
Find the solution today, the person who created the family group has to accept the invitations, for example if your friend created the family group, give them your account and have them accept the invitation from their device. Hope u can understand ahahha not an english speaker
If you share your game to a family member would they get a separate save file or have the same file as you have? Like for example Im playing elden ring and me and my friend are both playing it. Does it have a separate file for him?
Yes, they have a copy system he explains it in the video, if you both have that same game. For example, if you both have helldivers, it'll say 2 at the bottom right of the game, which means 2 people will be able to play
I used this feature, but a friend wasn´t able to play a game, he was kicked after 3 minutes with a caption that said another player was using that copy, but this is not true, 4 people have a copy of that game but him, no one was playing at the time he got kicked and we can´t figure out why, any ideas as to why this happened?
Just a quick question, if my friend is playing a game it doesn't let me kick him out if I want to play my own game? How can I kick him out (I can ask him to exit but I want to know out of genuine curiosity)
You can play any game available as long as there are 2 or more licences available, if there is only 1, you have to make sure no other person is playing that game at the same time
Whats the difference between adult and child? If I add them as adults they dont have control right? The only adult that has control is the one who created the family right?
i think Adult they have free access to your entire library at all times, but child they have to ask permission for games and u have to accept, and as the creator of the group u can remove members or disband the family group anytime but like another guy said if u do that cant join another family group for 365 days
How's the game progress? For example: im playing CP2077 with lvl 20 characters, my friends could play my saved progress or they will play from beginning?
So i just tried this with a friend and it got : “Failed to accept the family invite. Based on your purchase history, you appear to be in a different country, then other members of this steam family” so if yall in different countries this feature literally pulls a Ea origin launcher where you can only do this with people in the same country as you, unless theres a way to turn this off or this rule is changed dont keep your hopes up with this
but they introduced a geo lock? why are they copying netflix and not consoles and the other steaming platforms which let you use family sharing in separate regions?
my friend wasn't able to join my steam family due to being in a different household and network, i have read online apparently i am meant to log in my device on his steam account then accept it in order for him to be in the family, anyway we tried that and it didn't work i'm guessing their is a cool down period before that not sure how long. even if he does get accepted to being in the family shared accounts wouldn't his ip address log him out eventually? and does anyone know how long i have to wait before i can accept him on my own device again?
This tutorial is not helpful at all, went through this step by step and when my family members log into their account on my owned games they still have the option to only purchase and not play.
@@rainyquasar1831 It doesnt matter if you are in a game, thats the old function of library sharing this is family sharing which is supposed to allow them to play at the same time as you.
Is this totally safe, what are the chances of getting vac banned. For example if i created the family and someone in my family buy a game by using vpn or cheats in a game from their library (not the shared one) will i get ban also
i cant join it said "You are ineligible to join this Steam Family at this time, as your Steam activity doesn't indicate that you are in the same household as other members of this family."
Find the solution today, the person who created the family group has to accept the invitations, for example if your friend created the family group, give them your account and have them accept the invitation from their device. Hope u can understand ahahha not an english speaker
before anyone tries to buy accounts to borrow a game you the account needs to be in the same country ( i dont know what this means ). and also you can only have 5 members. im in the same country or what lol.
Yo bro I have a question why are some games excluded, beacuse I share a steam family with my brothers but there is a lot of games in their inv that I don't have.
guys who have a good steam account with a lot of games and who are ready to share games with the poor, throw your ID :) we also have good games, but I want more :P
Does not work for me. Tried adding my brother to my account Not in the same household ' message .... I see it's quiet common... Any one found a solution to it?
Warning! This feature comes with parental controls which means that if you join a family as a child rather than as an adult, then the adults will be able to lock down and completely control your Steam experience. And the only way to leave is to be kicked by an adult or with the help of steam support.
That's quite obvious and tbh how it should be. Were you expecting something else?
@@jothain people will try to scam people with this
@@SouravBoss08-xo1ix then maybe dont join random peoples "families" and only use the feature as intended
with your actual family.
@@m-kh3ild734 why are you assuming I joined someone's family? Keep ur assumptions to yourself. I found out about it from steam groups
@m-kh3ild734 why are you assuming I joined someone's family? Keep ur assumptions to yourself. I found out about it from steam groups
Note this: when you join a family, if you leave said family, you cant join another family for an entire year. So be sure you want to join a family with family or friends.
That is dumb. I can understand wanting to limit hopping between families, but I don't understand why it can't be the day you join a family that starts the timer. starting it when you leave a family means that, let's say 5 years down the line you finally want to drop and join a new family or restructure, you have to wait a year no matter what.
From the time you join though - so after a year you can join a new one
if we are all in the same family can i borrow game from anyone in my family?
@@alexlortie7166 nope. Only the one who created the family is the one you can play games from.
@@srdbadchad1926 nope i can play all the game from anyone in my family.....and so are they
FINALLY A GOOD AND CLEAR VIDEO , ty for your helpful video !!
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Thank you very much, straight & to the point. Great guide!
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Thank you so much!
I don't undertand why Steam isn't marketing this and keeping it so hard to access. Such a useful feature.
You don't understand why they want you to buy, instead of using the version of your friend? Strange...
@@BinaryCoder Hahah now that you put it that way... hmm...
cause they made it so it has a geo lock, they want to silently not tell people about this
Thank you for explanation, help me a lot thank you so much
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Any idea what to do about "Failed to accept the family invite. You are ineligible to join this Steam Family at this time, as your Steam activity doesn't indicate that you are in the same household as other members of this family." ??? It's stopping me from joining and I'm not sure what to do.
It's happening to a lot of people in the steam forums that i've read, maybe it's a glitch
i am trying to do it with a friend and he cant because of this
Find the solution today, the person who created the family group has to accept the invitations, for example if your friend created the family group, give them your account and have them accept the invitation from their device. Hope u can understand ahahha not an english speaker
@@andressandoval7873 Tnx mate!
that solve my problem!
@@andressandoval7873I did what u said to do,it still says I'm ineligible to join cause I'm not in the same household
Such an amazing tutorial! Really grateful for how simple, concise, yet in depth you made this! Appreciate it!
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thanks , when using old method it would keep getting revoked now I can play games at ease!
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@@GamesAppsTutorials okk , subscribed
Thanks Had trouble with the family view, this helped a lot and its a nice new feature.
Didn't know about this, thanks!
Thank you very much, excellent tutorial!
Great video, thx for the explanation
Nice video, thank you! 💖
thanks for the straight to the point video
Thank you. This helped out a lot.
thank you for this. very helpful. shouldnt be so hidden
Thanks for the video. I created the family and my friend can play my games. Am I suppose to be able to play their games as well? If so, how?
I thought i could do it, but now i am sure it won't be possible without any cheating
If you share your game to a family member would they get a separate save file or have the same file as you have? Like for example Im playing elden ring and me and my friend are both playing it. Does it have a separate file for him?
separate saves and achievements
Thanks for the help now i can play gmod from my friends library
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS HELPS SO MUCH
Is another member need to buy the same game to be able to play the same time and co-op together or just one family member?
Yes, they have a copy system he explains it in the video, if you both have that same game. For example, if you both have helldivers, it'll say 2 at the bottom right of the game, which means 2 people will be able to play
I know a bug for all the family to play with only 1 copy
@@verbo240 how can you explain?
@@verbo240how could you share it?
Super helpful! Thnak you very much!
I used this feature, but a friend wasn´t able to play a game, he was kicked after 3 minutes with a caption that said another player was using that copy, but this is not true, 4 people have a copy of that game but him, no one was playing at the time he got kicked and we can´t figure out why, any ideas as to why this happened?
Yea I got the same problem to
@@ss-engage6243 when you get into a game copy, u need to select wich copy from wich account you want to play
Great video, thank you so much, a lifesaver :D
great vid, but when i want to invite my friend it says that we need to be in the same household is there a way to play in a different household or no
if your friend created the family group, give them your account and have them accept the invitation from their device
Thank you! Big help!
Do you get your own payment method when you buy your own games when on family share?
Can I add the excluded games to the included games?
and also can i add more than one library and share their games ?
Awesome! It worked. I am not buying Skyrim again!
Thank you kindly!
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this help a lot thank you
thank you, noticed steam sharing feature stopped working, this has been insainley helpful.
Can you make a family but also be part of another family on steam? or is it only one choice?
it’s only one
@@seiulatersei thank you :)
very helpful, thank you
It worked wonders, thanks
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You are the GOAT!
thank you so much that really helped me
is it a way to bypass steam family sharing region lock? cuz now i cant share my games with my brother that lives in another country at the moment
Just a quick question, if my friend is playing a game it doesn't let me kick him out if I want to play my own game? How can I kick him out (I can ask him to exit but I want to know out of genuine curiosity)
He will be kick instant if you enter the game
can you play the same game with your others friends with this? I know in family sharing you can't do this.
Will i play on the same account as the one sharing or my own fresh account inside the game??
You can play any game available as long as there are 2 or more licences available, if there is only 1, you have to make sure no other person is playing that game at the same time
@@christopheror9833 i tested and im not unbanned
Good video!
Whats the difference between adult and child? If I add them as adults they dont have control right? The only adult that has control is the one who created the family right?
i think Adult they have free access to your entire library at all times, but child they have to ask permission for games and u have to accept, and as the creator of the group u can remove members or disband the family group anytime but like another guy said if u do that cant join another family group for 365 days
How's the game progress?
For example: im playing CP2077 with lvl 20 characters, my friends could play my saved progress or they will play from beginning?
The latter
So i just tried this with a friend and it got : “Failed to accept the family invite. Based on your purchase history, you appear to be in a different country, then other members of this steam family” so if yall in different countries this feature literally pulls a Ea origin launcher where you can only do this with people in the same country as you, unless theres a way to turn this off or this rule is changed dont keep your hopes up with this
but they introduced a geo lock? why are they copying netflix and not consoles and the other steaming platforms which let you use family sharing in separate regions?
Are some games just not allowed to be shared with families? Some of my games are not allowed to be shared..
Can we move the games from excluded titles to family sharing?
Can you and your friend play the game at the same time
my friend wasn't able to join my steam family due to being in a different household and network, i have read online apparently i am meant to log in my device on his steam account then accept it in order for him to be in the family,
anyway we tried that and it didn't work i'm guessing their is a cool down period before that not sure how long.
even if he does get accepted to being in the family shared accounts wouldn't his ip address log him out eventually? and does anyone know how long i have to wait before i can accept him on my own device again?
any updates on this?
This tutorial is not helpful at all, went through this step by step and when my family members log into their account on my owned games they still have the option to only purchase and not play.
Keep your opinions to yourself blud
@@Masterchief-h1j facts are not opinions
one thing you need to know is that not all game can be shared using family shared
have you tried not being in a game while they try to enter dude
@@rainyquasar1831 It doesnt matter if you are in a game, thats the old function of library sharing this is family sharing which is supposed to allow them to play at the same time as you.
Can my friend still keep playing on Steam, even tho if I borrow his entirely other game which he's not playing?
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Tried this, but my brother's account can't join in the family group i created, as it says "ineligible". What should i do?
All members must be friend right ??
Can i ask sir. If i share my save data save on game? Safe?
Dam good vid, thank you so much it helped me and my brother a lot. Thank you
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Is this totally safe, what are the chances of getting vac banned. For example if i created the family and someone in my family buy a game by using vpn or cheats in a game from their library (not the shared one) will i get ban also
Great tutorial but me have no family
Add the bros 😊
@@IchiRoeYou can’t
Can i play dying light 2 with my friend same time.?
Can i add the excluded games to the included ones?
Do you need to be connected in the same internet for this family sharing to work?
No
Is it possible to reciprocally share libraries? Or is it owner's library only?
Yeah, Am the one that created the family and I can play the games that my friends have
whenever i invite my friends it says it has detected were not under the same house hold how do i get by that?
how to put in excluded games in steam family sharing
anyway to fix it saying i cant join a family because we arent in the same household??
can you play the same game as your friends at the same time when you have the family thing activated?
no
No so it’s practically useless
can anyone help me a created a family and it was working just fine but for some reason I can’t see the games any more
Bro said first step go to the top right corner then he proceeds to go to the top left, Other then that this vid might be meta
Thank you
im confused if i say get gmod can i play in the same lobby as one of my other friends if he downloaded it off me
Life saver!
i cant join it said "You are ineligible to join this Steam Family at this time, as your Steam activity doesn't indicate that you are in the same household as other members of this family."
Find the solution today, the person who created the family group has to accept the invitations, for example if your friend created the family group, give them your account and have them accept the invitation from their device. Hope u can understand ahahha not an english speaker
@@andressandoval7873 this doesnt work i tried today
before anyone tries to buy accounts to borrow a game you the account needs to be in the same country ( i dont know what this means ). and also you can only have 5 members. im in the same country or what lol.
You don’t need to be in the same country, tho one of my account is in russia and the other is in france and it still works.
@@romura4393That’s the old Family Sharing, it will be retired soon which is a massive bummer
what about the different household issue?
Great video
All game are m show in family library but gta 5 is not showing what’s the resion
Yo bro I have a question why are some games excluded, beacuse I share a steam family with my brothers but there is a lot of games in their inv that I don't have.
those game dont support sharing
Im curious how to add the excluded games
Excluded games are excluded by developers. There's nothing you can do in that case.
@@GamesAppsTutorials oh! Okay I was sitting here like wait am I missing something
Thank you
my friend is stuck on “waiting for final confirmation” and i’m getting no notifications
YOOO THANKS!!!
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If someone buys a game will it charge my account?
my friend cant play a game im playing at the same time, even coop games, is there anyway to disable it?
Family doesn’t work like that. Only one can access at the game.
@@gomgom9060 found that out already, but thanks :)
How many family u can join
how can I access DLC of games through steam family?
Can I manually select games that I own to be available to play for other family members?
Yes, just right click and mark as private to exclude the games from the family.
Thank you polish bro
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guys who have a good steam account with a lot of games and who are ready to share games with the poor, throw your ID :) we also have good games, but I want more :P
why i cany play any game if the account how make the share for us is plaing? if he is playing a difrent game than main i cant play too why?
Does not work for me.
Tried adding my brother to my account
Not in the same household ' message ....
I see it's quiet common...
Any one found a solution to it?
Does Anyone know if you still will get the 1 year cooldown if you are kicked as an Adult and or as a Child?
why i cant create a family on steam ?
Work with dlc ?
yes
Why can't games with a launcher like rdr2 be shared?
When I invited sum1 they can't join,it says they aren't apart of the same household,how does that even work?
its cuz ip address
Anyone to do steam family
What is the Use if Limited accounts can't create families?
when my friend tries to accept the invite it says he cant join because he is not in the same household
did you fixed?
Is it possible to block a certain game?