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
  • @trigonatedEnglish
    10•8 months ago

    And it’s bizarre that some of them seem to get angry when someone else points the issues out.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•8 months ago

      Looks weird from my side too, when someone starts frothing at the mouth about monopolies when steam is so much as mentioned.

    • @[email protected]English
      -3•8 months ago

      Its the braindead takes that are getting the Ire, Steam ISNT a monopoly, and the 30% cut is industry standard