Remote Play Together Gets a General Release
Do you want to play games with friends, but you don’t all own the same title? This can leave you in a tricky spot. Unless you’re a Steam user, of course, because you can now Remote Play Together with anybody.
In a Steam news post, Valve has confirmed that Steam Remote Play now features the Remote Play Together function. The best part? Only one of you needs to own the game and anyone can join in, even if you don’t subscribe to Steam!
What Is Remote Play Together?
The concept of Remote Play Together is a simple one. Valve puts it like this:
So, Steam’s Remote Play Together feature allows you to share your game with anybody. They don’t even need a Steam account; you can email them the link and off you go.
How Does Steam’s Remote Play Together Work?
We’ve already covered how to use Steam’s Remote Play Together feature in detail. However, we’ll let Valve tell you in its own words how it works:
Explaining the feature further, the news post reads:
So, there you have it. You can now play your games with whoever you please. Just copy the link and send it to your friends—you’ll be remotely playing together in no time.
Now You Can Remote Play Together on Steam
Well, what are you waiting for? Get Steam fired up and invite your friends to a game none of them really want to play, but now they have nowhere to hide because “I can’t afford to buy it” is no longer a valid excuse.
In all seriousness, though, hats off to Valve for introducing this feature. Given that we’re all so physically distant from each other right now, this is a fantastic addition to the Steam ecosystem which, again, emphasizes the platform’s community ethos.
Communities—now, more than ever—are of crucial importance and it is great to see Steam fostering its own social spaces, unlike some other big gaming names.
