May 18, 2025 · If someone else is playing your shared game when you try to launch it, Steam will give you a message and kick them off automatically so you can play. However, there’s no way for you to …

I'd picture it's not even on a priority list because if people desperately wanted to play an offline game, they might then just pirate it. This is what Steam's family beta is probably aiming to prevent.

Children in a Steam Family cannot leave the family themselves and must be removed by an adult in the family or by Steam Support. As it is rare that a family member leaves the family, each Steam Family …

If you own a copy of a game and someone is using your particular copy to play a game while you want to play it, you should be permitted to kick them off of your owned copy of the game.

The ability to kick others out of your games does not exist with the new family sharing system since multiple people can use the same library now. If you want to play a game that someone else is …

Is there any way to kick someone out of a game I own with the new family sharing system? I know on the old one if my buddy was playing one of my games and I launched it he’d be given like 5 minutes …

Mar 20, 2024 · The reason I many including me want this feature is people don't want to go and have a conversation with the family member to get of the game which can be awkward and lead to trouble. …

Jul 20, 2024 · Correct, at the moment there is no owner priority, everyone in the family group has the same rights regarding any shared game.

Apr 15, 2024 · I know people that just leave games open on the menus or paused for days on end, I don't get it either. I had one that has probably 10K hours in Dota 2 where I guarantee at least 80% …

Apr 10, 2025 · Previously a library could only be used by one user at any given time and if someone else played they were kicked out when the original library owner started any of their games. Now all …