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Steam :: Introducing Steam Families (steamcommunity.com)
submitted 9 months ago by Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Valve announced a replacement feature for both Family Sharing and Family View. Currently in beta.

Features:

  • up to 5 members
  • game sharing
  • parental controls
    • allow access to appropriate games
    • restrict access to the Steam Store, Community or Friends Chat
    • set playtime limits (hourly/daily)
    • view playtime reports
    • approve or deny requests from child accounts for additional playtime or feature access (temporary or permanent)
    • recover a child's account if they lost their password
  • child purchase requests
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[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

TIL to make my future children their own steam accounts

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And buy them their own copies of online games.

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Instead of the sax talk, I'm going to sit them down to chat about how cheating in video games is bad m'kay

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Parents, talk to your kids about saxophones. That, and cheating on video games, are the most important subjects to cover.

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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