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Steam :: Introducing Steam Families (steamcommunity.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yep

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

good to see steam being accepting of poly relationships and communes

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Or, like, me sharing single player games with my buddies. But you do you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

…and you…and you…and you…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or simply being two parents plus an 18 year or older child.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

My sons will still be my family when they celebrate their 35th birthday... They'll hopefully have their own places, but that doesn't change that they are my family.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Or... siblings?