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by pdntspa 1149 days ago
> Community-based media sharing is great. I wish it was possible for me to lend all of my Steam games when I'm not using them.

You can do that, actually. It has some pretty big caveats, but if you are not actively playing anything on Steam then your library can be lent out to others... all you have to do is sign into their computer using your Steam credentials.

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You can also just share your library with another account.
done this, the whole account gets locked iirc, and not just specific games
Wait, Steam offers you a "share library" feature but then locks your account when you use it?!
Not as in an account ban, it just only lets one copy of the game in question (or one game total? Haven't used it much) run at any given time. No different to lending your friend a Nintendo cartridge, except that it requires less running around. :)
Only one person can play from your library at once. So you are essentially lending the whole nintendo.

The frustrating thing is just that I cannot play free games on my steam account (hi dotas) whilst lending a paid game to ma famile.

They've fixed that. I had the same problem a few years ago and now if you properly add the game to both libraries it works fine.