Bargain foxes should know these 2 functions

Think sales are the only way to save money on Steam? Not even close! With these two functions, you can completely save yourself the purchase of various games – and still play them.

Steam Family Library: Share, Save!

Your buddy bought a game that you would like to play too, but you don’t see the point in buying it again? No problem, you don’t have to – you can, thanks to the Steam Family Library completely free to play. That’s how it works:

• Your friend is in touch with his Steam account on your gaming PC.
• Now he goes into the settings and Enable the Steam Family Library feature there.
• Now he just has to Authorize your PC to access its game library – that’s it.

Your buddy can now log out and you can log in. After that, almost all of his games are available to you. Some games cannot be shared due to technical obstacles. If you also want to give your friend access to your games, simply repeat the process with them.

However, there are a few limitations. You can maximum 5 accounts and 10 devices unlock for access. In addition, you cannot access your buddy’s Steam library if he is online and has started a game. Incidentally, this also applies the other way around if you have unlocked your game collection for him.

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But what if you’re playing one of your buddy’s games and he spontaneously logs in and wants to play something else? Should this happen, Steam will show you a notification and give you another a few minutes to save your game and then exit. If you do not comply with this request, he will automatically be removed from the game after a short time.

So if you talk to your friends a bit, you can do it this way save lots of money. But that’s not all!

Steam Remote Play Together: One buys, 4 can play

In addition, all fans of couch co-op games can save thanks Steam Remote Play Together.

The Steam feature gives you the opportunity to play games that you can play with up to 4 players on one screen together over the Internet – but it is completely sufficient if one of your group takes care of the game. One pays, 4 gamble – no kidding!

Here’s how it works: Whoever owns the game acts as the host and invites the others to a Steam Remote Play Together game a. You can do this by pressing Shift + Tab in-game, then selecting your friends from the list and sending them an invite.

A little tip: Make sure that the host in your group has a stable internet connection with quite high upload bandwidth Has. After all, he is responsible for simultaneously transmitting up to 3 video streams to the other players in decent quality.

If you want to join as a fellow player, close a Steam-compatible controller to your computer in advance and make sure that it is recognized by Steam.

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Steam Remote Play Together was still struggling with some teething problems during the beta phase a few years ago, in the meantime, however, the multiplayer system has been properly polished by Valve. So if you have had a bad experience with it during this phase, you should give Steam Remote Play Together another chance now at the latest.

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With the Steam Family Library and Steam Remote Play Together you can save a lot of moneyif you and your friends are willing to accept a few small limitations.