What Is Steam Family View?
Family View isn’t limited to only blocking games.
There are clients available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS.
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Next, sign into your Steam account.
ClickSteam > Settingsin the top left of the tool window.
Then scroll down to theFamilytab on the left side of the window that pops up.
UnderFamily View, clickManage.
A wizard will pop up that will guide you through the remainder of the process.
The steps include selecting which games you want to provide access to and setting up your PIN.
You may find that you eventually run out of space.
Steam saves your progress, so you won’t have to start over.
If this icon is green, it means Family View is active.
Click this icon, then drop your PIN, to exit Family View.
Click this icon again whenever you want to re-enable Family View.
You will not need to type your PIN.
If you want to share games across devices, then you will want to consider Steam Family Sharing instead.
