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.
  • Lemmchen
    444·
    7 months ago

    What happens if my brother gets banned for cheating while playing my game?

    If a family member gets banned for cheating while playing your copy of a game, you (the game owner) will also be banned in that game. Other family members are not impacted.

    That kinda sucks.

    • ByGourou
      330·
      7 months ago

      That’s necessary, “it was my brother who cheated” is the oldest lie.

      • Piemanding
        130·
        7 months ago

        It would be great to blanket disallow games that you can get banned in. Especially VAC bans.

        • Carighan Maconar
          30·
          7 months ago

          Or alternatively send the rest of the family detailed explanations of how the idiot in question cheated and what they did. 😈

        • derpgon
          20·
          7 months ago

          A thousand times this. I’d even be for a button to add whitelist for games they wanna play. I am super sensitive about Mr acc, and the last thing is having a ban on record. Especially when I had to spend 10 years with a trade probation because my dumb ass duped some items on TF2.

      • tortiscu
        20·
        7 months ago

        Is it though? If they are not banning the whole family, what prevents me from adding a new little brother?

      • papertowels
        21·
        7 months ago

        Except that lie is often used when sharing an account.

        Under this system, there is no ambiguity in terms of if it was you or your brother.

        • Aasikki
          50·
          7 months ago

          Yes there is. You can just make another account for yourself and add it to the family, then use it to cheat. That’s the reason why they have to ban both.

          • papertowels
            30·
            7 months ago

            Aaah, didn’t think about that. Darn! Can’t have nice things.

            • Aasikki
              30·
              7 months ago

              Yeah it’s unfortunate that a few bad Apples have to ruin it for everyone 😅.

    • m-p{3}
      260·
      7 months ago

      I kinda hope they grant the ability to block some games from being shared. I trust my kids not to use cheats, but I can understand being a bit paranoid from being banned from a game you really enjoy and not wanting to take a chance.

      • ByGourou
        100·
        7 months ago

        Yes, especially if you can be banned for your little brother borrowing your game and swearing.

      • lorty
        10·
        7 months ago

        The current family sharing can block certain games, so maybe they’ll keep that going.

    • lorty
      20·
      7 months ago

      Mqybe don’t share with someone who would use cheats?