Activate Remote Play Together and play with friends in remote local multiplayer.
Video games have evolved at the same rate as the way to connect between the players. And Steam has not been far behind, since it launched Remote Play Together so that users can play with friends titles with local multiplayer through online. Paradoxically, games with local mode are designed for people to meet in the same house and play on the same platform, but the pandemic made these meetings impossible. In this basic guide we explain how Remote Play Together works to play on your PC.
Steam Remote Play is a system that allows start games on a computer and play from other devices connected to Steam. While Remote Play Together allows invite friends to join in the same local co-op session remotely, as its name suggests. Therefore, a host player who has the game installed, while the other players do not need to have it because they will only join online.
In the beginning, everyone participants They had to have a Steam account. That has changed and Valve has improved this feature to be able to share the game with users without account. To invite friends you only need to share a link to access the game and it is compatible with PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. Now that you know what Remote Play Together is and how it works, you can follow these steps to use this new Steam multiplayer feature.
How to use Steam Remote Play Together: step by step
This system gets create a kind of virtual LAN network to play the game on different computers remotely. First you have to enable Steam Remote Play in the main menu of [Steam] > [Parámetros] and a popup opens, where you have to select [Remote Play] and activate the option as you can see in the image below. The host is the only player who has to Start the game with your Steam account and invite the rest of your teammates (up to 4 players or more) following a few simple steps.
- Start the game.
- Open the Steam interface in-game by pressing [Mayús] Y [tab].
- Choose [Remote Play Together] to get an access link.
- Share the link with your friends.
- when your friends accept the invitationThey can play with you.
With this simple method, players can connect on the same local multiplayer game as if they were in the same house. so you can also save money because you don’t need to have multiple copies of the same game. If the system does not work for you Remote Play Togetheryou can find on the official Steam page the basic troubleshooting.