Steam question

Tute · 14 Oct 2009 at 21:33

Hey all, just a general question that I wanted a quick answer to.

Is it okay to install and play Steam on my laptop as well as my desktop? I can't see them being able to tell as long as I don't log in on both at once, but I want to be sure.

Thanks.

Viper² · 14 Oct 2009 at 21:37

It's fine.

reflux · 14 Oct 2009 at 21:37

Of course. You can use steam on whatever computer you want and install the games wherever you want too.

millsy888 · 14 Oct 2009 at 21:40

Have mine installed on my pc at home, and on my brothers pc at his house, so yeah it's fine.

You can't be logged in twice to the same account though

Viper² · 14 Oct 2009 at 21:44

millsy888 said:
Have mine installed on my pc at home, and on my brothers pc at his house, so yeah it's fine.

You can't be logged in twice to the same account though

You can as long as you are 'offline' in one. I think?

Tute · 14 Oct 2009 at 21:50

Thanks, just wanted to check i'm not gonna get stomped for it.

millsy888 · 14 Oct 2009 at 23:21

Viper² said:
You can as long as you are 'offline' in one. I think?

I think you are correct on that.

Pinkeyes · 15 Oct 2009 at 11:43

OK - this might be pushing it slightly, but can you play one game "offline" on the laptop and a different game "online" on the PC ?

linktoinsanity · 15 Oct 2009 at 11:45

Pinkeyes said:
OK - this might be pushing it slightly, but can you play one game "offline" on the laptop and a different game "online" on the PC ?

Yes, as long as the offline game is single player. (Also, tends to depend on the game.)

bledd · 15 Oct 2009 at 11:45

I set one as 'offline' on my laptop, where the gf can play plants vs zombies etc, whilst I'm online playing TF2

shouldn't really do it, but it works fine

Pinkeyes · 15 Oct 2009 at 12:01

bledd. said:
I set one as 'offline' on my laptop, where the gf can play plants vs zombies etc, whilst I'm online playing TF2

shouldn't really do it, but it works fine

I don't know. You paid for both games. Your not really doing anything wrong are you ?

Makhaira · 15 Oct 2009 at 12:19

Technically you purchase the license for one copy of the game, so if you were to be playing the same game on two computers at once, that would be a breach of the agreement. In terms of playing different games on different computers at the same time, I fail to see why that's a problem. This is fairly academic anyways, since I would be amazed if any company decided to leave hardcore pirates alone and instead focus on the small percentage who have purchased a game and simply choose to share it within the confines of their own home.