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Family sharing would make for an easier time with organizing games by multiple family users if they can access each other's games without having to constantly log off and on. Achievement progress and time spent on the game could be individualized per user as well.
As others said, they could force gog galaxy to those borrowing the game, and not offering them the installers. Basically the same as how Steam works. It's ok to not let everybody in the family download the offline installers.
It's a good idea to add family sharing for at least one other account because of the Cloud Saves.
I would love for this to be an option. Moving me and my Kids to SteamOS, and allowing my kids to see shared games in their heroic account would be amazing.
Would love it so much, but I understand why they wouldn't want to implement that with their whole thing being DRM-free.
My sister who was never really a Gamer just got into it. She has a Steam account and would love a Family Share plan on GoG too.
Definitely needed
I mean they could just not offer the DRM-Free version of the game to those that receive a shared copy and require it to check online if their still able to have access and put a limit on how many people can be in a family group like just about every other company. I think nintendo has the largest at 8.
Needed.
YESSSSS
Would love to have this, Steam's family share is too good.And if there are concerns about piracy, then do be aware that piracy is already possible because of the DRM-free nature of GOG installers.What could be done is if the game stops being shared, it doesn't appear in the library of the user with which it is shared with, and said user cannot access GOG Galaxy features such as achievements, updates or cloud saves anymore. Also, make it so family shared games can only be accessed through a client like GOG Galaxy or Heroic and not through the web UI. Obviously the games would still be DRM free so even if you have it installed, you would still be able to play it, but these restrictions should be enough while still offering the freedom that GOG is built on top. After all, GOG's way of making money is having good products that people pay out of goodwill and appreciation of the work.
I admit that sometimes I hesitate to buy games on GoG, because family sharing is so easy with steam.
I wish GOG could do it, but I understand why they would be reticent. Imagine I share a game with 100 of my GOG friends, they download the game, and then I stop sharing. Those GOG friends each still have a DRM-free copy of the game on their machine that they can play and copy without using the GOG client.GOG would effectively become a better piracy tool than peer-to-peer networks. That could put GOG in serious legal jeopardy with game publishers and threaten GOG's entire DRM-free model.The only solution I can imagine would be for GOG to use DRM versions for the GOG friends who borrow a game. That may not change their DRM-free model for game owners, but it certainly puts them strongly in the DRM management business. And even that might not work, because the owner's DRM-free version would still be a second copy that could be played at the same time.Game sharing on GOG is a nice dream, but it might not be feasible.
agreed. For me these days, family sharing is more important than DRM-free and when there is a choice I find myself getting the steam version simply because of it. Aso, the lack of family sharing on any game is now pretty much a deal-breaker for me.
steams new system really makes sense, while not that feature rich than whats on my mind: a family as a group of users mit "parent" and "children", where parents can decide what to share to which group, so either to other parents or to kids. Still i like the idea to share my games with friends, while not attractive for sellers as this would "reduce" the games bought in their view. Would not be true for me as if we buy games in a group its nice to shre across or even say lets buy together to play after another. this would lead at least for me to buying more than i normally would.
Would like to share games with my kid but I don't want him to access to my whole library because a lot of games are not apropriate for his age.
For a lot of us, this feature would make GOG our favorite store
Gute Idee
Agree! Really needed to have a family function.I would like to play some games with my sons and have some say in the games they get.
This would be wonderful thing to add! Would love to share more of my games with my son.
Needed
Agree. Even it is DRM-free, I want to separately manage saves and achievements as well
Bardzo to dziwne, że tego nie ma, na steamie jest. W niektórych grach to jedyna możliwość, by mieć kilka sejvów, profili etc. jednak steam lepszy okazuje się.
This is really needed
Family Sharing and Parental Controls is a must have now and days. It's not that hard to implement especially since there are multiple resources out there to help you guys to get this started. And I hate to say it, but most all vendors have this ability/feature.
Love GOG but really need a way to family share with my son, sad the DRM free store lack family sharing and Steam has it.Can offline install but be better to have a proper supported Galaxy option with said features and achievements etc
Absence if the feature caused me to stop buying games on GOG :(
This is a feature that has existed for years on Steam and continues to get improvements (on that platform). It is very frustrating that we cannot do the same here on GOG.
It is beyond irritating that I cannot share games I own with my children on GOG
Just got my son a laptop for Christmas, set up Steam with Family sharing, like being able to select which games he can play from my library. Would be great to have something similar with GOG.
This would be awesome. I would encourage my Family to download GOG Galaxy and have multiple libraries shared with new purchases being shareable, Since i prefer to buy from GOG.
please add console like family sharing where we can actually share it with family and friends without stupid things like cool downs and region restriction.
Would be nice to have a sharing featuring that's not tied to being in the same household too.
The lack of this make me buy the games on steam lol.
@venomtail - how is it worse? I think the new Family sharing is WAY better, we can finally all use the library at the same time (as long as we're not playing the same game, unless we own two copies).
Agree on family sharing. I am lately looking for a Steam alternative too. Family sharing is essential these days in order to remain competitive.
With Steam removing Family sharing we all knew and loved, replacing it with a fake that's unusable and inferior, I would absolutely pivot fully over to GOG if they had the same family sharing, I can just share games to my other accounts as I travel about and be stress free.Can't have ALL my eggs in one basket on Steam, what if it gets worse? Already slipping downwards.
For DRM-free games, the main thing this gets is allowing my kids to more easily download games, and also cloud save functionality.
Family sharing: +1"Shared Achievements" -1This is something I would like to see, with one difference: the restriction that only the title/license "owner" can get achievements, a "family" user would not. If achievements matter to them, they can get their own license and further support the developers.I would also add that "friends" get ~X hours played time to try out /demo a title that a friend owns. Make that "X hours" relational to how long they have been friends. If they have been friends for less than 30 days, make it 2 hours; +30 days = 4 hours; +90 days = 10 hours; + 365 days = 48 hours; etc - which ever they go with, same as "family" that achievements are disabled until they buy it for themselves.
I agree. this would be a significant benefit to the platform.
Absence of this feature just make me regret of buying cyberpunk on gog...
I have purchased games for my 10 year old, who now has his own pc and we can't be both logged in to Gog Galaxy at the same time. So annoying. I am not getting my 10 year old his own account, he doesn't know how to handle it or anything. There should be no reason he can't login to my account on Galaxy. I am very perturbed by this.
Steam library can be used by just 1 user at any given moment.GOGs library can be used by any number of users and on unlimited number of machines at the same time. You can do multiplayer with your kids, or you can play different games - all is allowed as GOG doesn't impose any technical restrictions, and the only legal one is that you're not allowed to install games on computers you don't own. This is the true power of DRM-Free which GOG embraces.Family Sharing on Steam, or Android, or Microsoft store, is a method by which these stores soften a bit restrictions they enforced. It's far from sufficient for most parents who still need to buy multiple copies of same game for their kids to play it together.In my opinion, if GOG is persuaded to implement Family Sharing they'll need to also add some form of limitations which it doesn't have at the moment, otherwise people would abuse this system.That would be the end of DRM-Free system. I'm really surprised so many people upvote this thread. Do you really prefer the Steam model?
it would be great feature specially as part of "parental control". parent can share game for their kids, watch which game they allowed to play, how many time they spend playing. and as parent we do not share any payment method in their account, they can play game that we (parent) purchase and share with them.
Definitely want this feature. Feels like penny-pinching to not have it, and only encourages account-sharing, which GOG doesn't want. Please add this feature, because if I live in the same house as someone, we shouldn't have to pay for the same game twice.
That would be awesome.
I have Gog Galaxy installed on a single PC that my son and I use for gaming. It is a SUPREME hassle trying to both play games in my library on a single PC. You have to shut Galaxy down completely from one account to use it on the other. Sheesh. It's 2021 already - get with the program.
Agreed.My dad likes old games and will be happy to replay some.
+1
It's legal to share games on your home computer, which is why even Steam (and consoles) has a Family Share option, installed games owned by the parent being able to be played by the kids without mucking up achievement staus for us would be a nice thing to have.
You can do this on GOG:1. Have accounts 1 & 2 as friends.2. Install needed game(s) from account 1.3. Start them via Galaxy and "play" for a minute. Close all and logout.4. Log in to account 2.5. On the right tab got to Recent - Played by others.6. Click on games - Mark as owned - Link exe.DONEMethod not perfect but workable.