Private game libraries now available in Steam’s beta client – just watch out for family sharing
Big news for those of you out there looking to jump into specific games next year, without the world knowing about it. Private games have been launched into Steam’s beta client today, which allows you to set games as private on purchase so you can keep them all to yourself.
When a game is set private, you won’t earn trading cards or have your in-game activity shown to Steam friends while you’re online. No one will be able to even see it in your library except from you! The only way you might get exposed is if you have family sharing enabled on your account – don’t let your dad catch you playing shagger simulator.
While the feature is currently just in the beta client, it will eventually come to the live service. There’s no roadmap or public schedule for this transtition – Valve tends to just port things over when they’re good and ready – so you’ll have to keep an eye out until you’ll be able to hide your Starfield play sessions from your mates. However, it marks an important milestone in what could be a great wave of smutty purchases. I’m not even joking here!