I use family sharing and want to use a different family members account on my Steam Machine in general, but when i use it would like my own account, how is the experience for user switching?
Does the same game need to be installed twice? Is it quick to switch or do you need to authenticate each time?
Anyone using their Steam Machine or Steam Deck like this? Family sharing or not.
You can have multiple accounts on a single deck. The switch is pretty quick, but you do need to auth in some way unless you set it to not require it. You do not need to install the same game multiple times. Essentially, if you’ve ever used the desktop client with multiple accounts, the functionality is very similar.
Was that sharing system not phased out in favour of steam family?
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/4605582245626919823
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It doesn’t work any different when using a single system.
Edit: I’m not referring to the old sustem where you’d authorize a system to play your games on other users.
I’m referring to the way you have to log in when switching to a new user.