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DarkX

So it's against steam's rules to share accounts. But what if my brother wants to play a game on my steam account but he's on a different Ip (same country)? Is logging in the account from his IP allowed? If it's allowed provided we are in one country, what is the point of family share if we can just log into the same account? Thanks.

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light1998

If you give him your password I think is ok..Just dont give it for money. :p

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Paganius

and send him the E-mail code if SteamGuard is on

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Asunez

With family sharing you do not log in to the same account. Games from your list are available to the other account when you are not playing ANY games on yours. Also not all games are allowed to be shared using family sharing.

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DarkX

If we don't use family sharing can we log in to one account from different IPs (not at the same time) or is that against the rules?

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Roloca

Why would it be against the rules? If you would go somewhere, you shouldn't log in your Steam account, because it's from a different IP? For example: I live at home. I have a dad, who is 300 km away. When I go to him, I usually use Steam there too. Until it's not a ridiculously far distance (i.e.: You are in the east side of Europa, and he is in USA), I think it shouldn't be a problem.

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Ningiety

with family sharing, you can play different games at the same time, but i think only one pc ( or ip whatever ) is allowed to connect to a account and play games.

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BrandeX

That would be completely pointless now that Family Sharing exists. Just use that.

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Cim

You're allowed to use Family Sharing from different locations.

The point of Family Sharing is that each account gets it's own achievements, cloud saves, leader-boards, etc. Not to mention stuff like your friends list, which you probably don't want to share with someone.

It also allows the person who's sharing the account to revoke access easily, which sharing the password wouldn't do.

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HistoChic

This.

Only thing is the game cannot be played by more than one person at the same time and not all games can be shared.

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Dustmop

Actually, not just that one game he's playing. Your entire library is essentially locked from anyone with access via SFS if you're playing anything on it.

ie, my sister could be playing my copy of Torchlight 2, but if I launch any other game in my library it sends her a notification that basically says she has 5 minutes to save and quit before it kicks her off entirely. "Dustmop needs this game back" or something.

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HistoChic

I meant games. Lost my 's' in there somewhere.

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DeltaBladeX
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You can't both log in to the same account at the same time. Other than that, there is no prevention. Family sharing is a better option though.

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DarkX

Alright, thanks for the responses. It's all much clearer to me now.

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Angrygamer

You should probably setup family sharing, for all you know... your brother could be illumanti waiting to steal your info, print it out, put it in his pants, and masturbate in a high-traffic area.

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COLDsteem

LOL

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MartinRivasAcosta

Before the existence of Family Share, I saw a comment from one of Valve's employees saying that you must be careful with whom you share your account but he mentioned it was okay to share it with family.
Ps: I'm pretty sure they have never punished a user for sharing his account with a relative or friend. The rule probably exists for other circumstances.

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Closed 9 years ago by DarkX.