Discussion about sharing in the Steam family group.
Discussion about sharing in the Steam family group.
I setup steam family sharing recently and noticed that you can't play a friend's shared game if they are playing a game from that list of shared games. Here's a diagram to make things easier to explain: Basically I want to play castle crashers (which I own) and my friend wants to play Trine 2 (from my shared library). As you can see on the left image I cannot play Castle crasher while my friend plays Trine 2 because they are both in the shared library. What would happen if I was to remove Castle crashers from the shared library so that it was only available in my personal library? Would we then both be able to play our separate games because both of our games are no longer in the shared library together? Normally, if the games are in the same shared library and we both want to play a game from the library it would prioritize me and kick the other person off the game. Does this method work? Thanks, Blueprint
The games are stored in different libraries, which implies each person can only play one game at a time.
Essentially, you have a shared library that your friend has access to. If you remove "Castle Crashers" from it, only you can play it anymore. Meanwhile, "Trine 2" remains in the shared library. So you can still play "Castle Crashers" from your personal copy while your friend plays "Trine 2" from the shared one.
Your shared collection remains yours alone. Whether you or your companion are using a game from your library, others can't access it regardless of the platform. It includes every title you possess, whether shared or not. Removing a specific game from your shared library won't prevent someone else from playing it if they're using a different version in the same account.