Steam :: Steam News :: Introducing Steam Families
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Hello! We are excited to announce Steam Families, available today in the Steam Beta Client. Steam Families is a collection of new and existing family-related features. It replaces both Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View, giving you a single location to manage which games your family can access and when they can play. Create a Steam Family To get started, you can create a Steam Family and then invite up to 5 family members.

Valve announced a replacement feature for both Family Sharing and Family View. Currently in beta.

Features:

  • up to 5 members
  • game sharing
  • parental controls
    • allow access to appropriate games
    • restrict access to the Steam Store, Community or Friends Chat
    • set playtime limits (hourly/daily)
    • view playtime reports
    • approve or deny requests from child accounts for additional playtime or feature access (temporary or permanent)
    • recover a child’s account if they lost their password
  • child purchase requests
    • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      And they repeatedly ignored my requests for games which didn’t work, as it was three weeks or thereabouts.

      • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Ehh… Idk if that’s really on them. You can get around the playtime restriction by just playing offline, so there has to be an alternative restriction that doesn’t have that same vulnerability.

        Three weeks is more than enough time to figure out something you own doesn’t even work.

      • RisingSwell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Ah yes, my comment openly states I hate steam because it isn’t perfect. It’s definitely written in there.