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Valve will be adding a new service entitled Family Sharing to Steam, allowing users to share a game with household members across multiple accounts.Here's how it works: One person authorises a computer to share their Steam library with any so-called family members using the same machine. The other family members will then be able to access the lender's games on their own account where they can earn their own Steam achievements and store their own saves.
Simultaneous usage of an account's library is not allowed, however. The lender will always have access to their library - be it on the shared machine or another device - while the borrower will have a few minutes to either purchase a shared title or quit if the original owner attempts to access their Steam library at the same time.
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