error when trying to add to my steam family

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Burnt Toast 17 Jul @ 7:05am

i am trying to add a family member of mine who lives in another city to my steam family, but when they try to join it says that the account most likely doesnt live in the same house
can i still somehow add him to the family?

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Hey Im Recon 17 Jul @ 7:22am

Nope.

Must be in the same location as yourself. Steam family is strictly for same house game sharing only.

Any attempts to bypass this could be met with a ban, so don’t.

Last edited by Hey Im Recon; 17 Jul @ 7:22am

Burnt Toast 17 Jul @ 7:49am

gotcha thank you

Ogami 17 Jul @ 8:37am

Originally posted by Hey Im Recon:

Any attempts to bypass this could be met with a ban, so don’t.

All the family system requires is that the people getting invited at least ONCE logged in at the same location, thats it.
So OP, you and your family member just need to login to the same PC with your Steam accounts right after each other, then send out the invite.
It will now work. After that it does not matter from where your family members login as long as its the same country.

And its definitely not "bannable" to do this, i been giving this advise for over a year on the Steam Families subforum and even had Valve mods pin that answer in threads as the correct solution.

Steam just wants to make sure you actually know the people you are sharing with in real life, which you proof with the " both login to the same PC" method.

Last edited by Ogami; 17 Jul @ 8:38am