How to Enable Family Sharing on Your Steam Account
To enable Family Sharing on your Steam account, follow these steps:
- Open the Steam client and click on “Steam” in the upper-left corner.
- Navigate to “Settings.”
- In the “Family” tab, click “Authorize Library Sharing on this device.”
- Ensure that Steam Guard is enabled on your account.
- Under the “Eligible Accounts” tab, check the accounts you want to share with and select the preferred one.
Requesting access from the owner:
- First, make sure Steam Guard is enabled on your account.
- From your Library, you’ll see games owned by other Steam accounts using the same computer. Select a game and click “Borrow” to request access to that Library.
- The game owner will receive an email with a link to authorize your access.
- The owner must click the link in the email to grant you permission to play games from their Library.