Steam offers an unbelievable number of features – but some of them only a few people know about. Two functions can even save you a lot of money. Who shows you which.
Steam Family Library: Sharing is fun
Did you know that you can play your friends’ Steam games? To gain access to this feature, each friend simply needs to log into their account on your computer, unlock the Steam Family Library feature there and then authorize euron PC for access. Your friend will surely thank you if you do the same on his computer.
After the procedure, you should have access to all of your friend’s Steam games. Well, at least everyone quickly. Some games cannot be shared with other players through the Steam Family Library due to technical obstacles. But overall a cool thing, right?
However, the family function cannot be used in its entirety. So you are here maximum 5 accounts for 10 devices Have access to your Steam library. Also, if your friend is currently playing a game from their library, you are denied access to his game selection. The same applies vice versa.
And what if you’re playing a game from your buddy’s library and you start one of his games yourself? Steam will then point this out to you and give you a few minutes of grace to save and then exit the game (source: Steam).
Thanks to the Steam family library, you can also agree with euron friends who gets which game and together in this way Save lots of money. Don’t go too far!
Steam Remote Play Together: Play couch co-op over the internet
Because in fact, for a group of couch co-op fans, it’s enough for a single player to get the game on Steam – at least as long as the game is Steam Remote Play Together supports. You can find the corresponding information on the respective product page of the Steam game on the right-hand side:
The function allows you to play classic couch co-op games such as Cuphead, Overcooked or Moving Out, which you would normally play on a computer, together over the Internet.
Either you or one of your friends hosts the party and invites the others to the game via the friends list. It is best to ensure that the host has a stable internet connection with quite high upload bandwidth Cap. Then he must simultaneously transmit up to 3 video streams to his teammates with sufficient picture quality.
As a player, you would also have to connect a controller to your PC, which is recognized by steam. Then there’s nothing standing in the way of co-op fun over the internet!
Valve has put together the basic information about Steam Remote Play Together in a short video:
We tried Steam Remote Play Together in beta a few years ago and encountered technical difficulties at the time, should definitely give the feature another try today. Since launching in 2019, Valve Remote Play Together Constantly further developed and optimizedso that the function IS recommended in the meantime.
Thanks to these two Steam features, you can save a lot of moneyif you are willing to accept the limitations mentioned.
