Does playing non-shareable games prevent sharing?
According to the Steam Family Sharing FAQ:
Can all Steam games be shared with friends and family?
No, due to technical limitations, some Steam games may be unavailable for sharing. For example, titles that require an additional third-party key, account, or subscription in order to play cannot be shared between accounts.
I understand that if I am playing any game in my shared library other people cannot use my games. However, when I am playing my own non-shareable game will other people be able to play my shared games?
Sorry if this seems an odd question. I am trying to understand the feature limitations. Basically, if there is no such limitation I could start up one of my non-shareable games whilst a family member continues playing a shared game. I just want to know if that is actually an option.
Best Answer
This simply means that you can't share all games for example everything on UPlay (Assassins Creed, Splinter Cell and so on). If you play your own non-shareable game, it doesn't matter, everyone of your shared accounts can access the other games which are shareable. The only limitation within the family sharing is that you can't play the same game at the same time.
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Can friends see you play non Steam games?
If you add a non-Steam game to your games list and launch it, your friends will see the usual "toast" message, but the text will read "LT_Spaghetti is now playing non-Steam game: Progress Quest II".Can you play other games while family sharing?
Family Sharing allows family members to share games while keeping their accounts separate. Family and guests can play one another's games while earning their own Steam achievements and saving their own game progress to the Steam Cloud.Can you share play non Steam games?
Valve has announced that its Remote Play Together feature now allows users to play with friends who don't have a Steam account.Can you share non Steam games with family?
Short answer is no. You can't play any Steam games if you want a family member to play any of the shared games.DO NOT GAME SHARE!
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Answer 2
Steam Games which are tightly combined with your Steam ID belong into this category as well.
The most famous example for this is CS:GO, you can launch it though, but you can't connect any game since the game is connected to the buyer's Steam ID.
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