Though simultaneous usage of an account’s library is not allowed, the lender may always access and play his games at any time.
Once a device is authorized, the lender’s library of Steam games becomes available for others on the machine to access, download, and play. “Family Sharing was created in direct response to these user requests.” “Our customers have expressed a desire to share their digital games among friends and family members, just as current retail games, books, DVDs, and other physical media can be shared,” explained Anna Sweet of Valve. It’s all enabled by authorizing a shared computer. Steam Family Sharing is designed for close friends and family members to play one another’s Steam games while each earning their own Steam achievements and storing their own saves and application data to the Steam cloud. The feature will become available next week, in limited beta on Steam. Septem– Steam Family Sharing, a new service feature that allows close friends and family members to share their libraries of Steam games, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC, Mac, and Linux games and software. Coming Soon: Players who share computers can also share their Steam games
