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Want to share games with my nephew, but not all of it.

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D4rKoV4

So i changed my PC, and gave the old one to my nephew (9 years old). He made a Steam account with his mother (my sister, we live in the same house), Bought games and stuff, and she asked if i could share games with him. ofc i shared, but after reading about it and seeing it myself, he have now access to all my games.

Id like to give him access to play games like portal, street fighter IV, Dirt, Cities skylines etc. Maybe speak it with my sister with some violent games... but not the most violent games or that have a lot of gore (Hatred, Doom, bulletstorm, prototype) or games that arent for his age (Senran kagura series, akiba strip, ETC.)

I tried family sharing, but it seems he cant play my shared games with his own account, and its a headache to pass the steam guard code when im working.

Any ideas or i missed something?

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AvidWriter

There is a way I'm pretty sure to limit, I don't remember what it was. Did you google or look through steam FAQ?
Family sharing works only if you log into his computer first IIRC. Then you have to authorize it.

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D4rKoV4

So far ive seen 2 options.

  1. Authorize share on his computer with my account, and add him on elegible accounts, he have access to ALL.

or

  1. Activate family sharing on his computer with my account ON, but if he want to play one of the games he bought with my sister, he have to log out. if he want to play again one of the shared games, i have to pass him the steam guard code, and he have to put it fast.

i read long ago some way, cant find it

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HAKIMODO

https://store.steampowered.com/parental/set

Library content

  • Only games I choose
  • All games

And what about that?

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D4rKoV4

Dont want my sister strangle me because he played something she doesnt approve

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HAKIMODO

So the best option is... his own account?
I have a son (10y old) and he has access to my entire library.

Anyway, kids must know the difference between games and reality.

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adam1224

I know the difference between games and reality, yet some Starcraft cinematics legit caused nightmares for weeks when I was around 10. It's not "kid will kill people because games taught them so" but it can lead to unresolved problems, especially how widespread the habit of barely talking to kids is. amongst parents.

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zeroxxx

You sure you want to share with an irresponsible kid? When he cheats in one of your VAC-enabled games (that you share, don't know if it has connection in F2P Dota as well) you'd be dead meat.

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Mully

tell them that's not possible, it's all or nothing. considering all games mean "vac protected games", that's not an option at all unless you want to risk getting your account flagged.

if they still don't like it, your sister can always buy him games she approves. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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CedericH

You're confusing two issues here.

1) Share your library.
2) Restrict access.

You do number one on your account. They do number 2 on their account. Number 2 is Family View, which allows your sister to set a pin which is required to access any games not on a list of allowed games. She can allow games from your shared library or not as she wants.

As others have pointed out though you may be VAC banned if his account is VAC banned - even if he is banned unrelated to your shared games. Only share your library with people you trust explicitly to never do anything that can cause them to be VAC banned.

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Starwhite

That sounds like the best way, let her decide what's good for the kid or not. Also tell her to not allow any VAC games and that wont be an issue.

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Golwar

You expect a mom who isn't into games (otherwise she'd have her own account to share with her son) to understand the concept of VAC? That's quite an unlikely bet. ;)

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Starwhite

Just tell her that this category has all the worst violent porn games possible https://store.steampowered.com/search/?category2=8 :)

Edit: also was more concerned about OP's safety than about imagined harm video games would do to a kid.

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Golwar

Agreed, I just wouldn't consider a non-gamer mom as the best choice as the warden of my account's integrity, that was all I had in mind. :)

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Purpur3141

Best way is not to share and buy him some cheap games, finito...

  • i still think Nintendo consoles are the best way to controle kids play behavior... Xbox and PlayStation are good too... it can be an old Wii/WiiU/Xbox360/PS3 for example wich costs almost nothing today...
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