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Re:Steam is 20 Years Old by anon4242 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @05:03PM (#37488317)
Create an account for your kid, then you can family share games you own with that account on specific devices.
Re:Steam is 20 Years Old by lostmsu on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @11:31AM (#37498121)
Still not possible to play concurrently.
Re:Steam is 20 Years Old by anon4242 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:04PM (#37515971)
Maybe you can't play the same game (I haven't tried) but it is definitely possible to let your kid play other games. I have this very setup with my son and it works. An other advantage to this setup is that you can select which of your games to let your kid play.
Re:Steam is 20 Years Old by lostmsu on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:23AM (#37524457)
Maybe they changed something very recently, but it was certainly impossible to play two games before without offline shenanigans.
Re:Steam is 20 Years Old by anon4242 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @06:08PM (#37549800)
I don't know, we've been doing it for years. Maybe it's a regional thing? One account for me and one for my kid. I authorize the use of my games for his account on his machine (I need to login with my account on his machine to authorize his machine, I did it just the other day as the machine authorization only seems to last for a while). Then he can install and play any game of mine I allow (or all) once he logs back in with his account.