Invite Friends To Play Your Games With The New Steam ‘Remote Play Together’ Feature

Playing games with friends is definitely better than joining public lobbies or playing alone. Unfortunately, we don’t all have the same games in our Steam libraries and not everyone is willing to purchase a game just so you have someone to play with. Along comes the new Steam Remote Play Together feature which should make Friday night gaming sessions a heck of a lot more fun.

The nifty new feature allows a player to host local multiplayer games and invite his/her friends to play just as if they were in the same room. They don’t even need to have a copy of the game. “The invitation is just like handing a second controller to a friend,” says Valve. “When the Friend accepts an invitation to play, it’s as though they’re playing side by side at the same machine.”

“Using Remote Play Together, you’ll stream video, audio, and voice between players while using your own controllers. You can even share the keyboard and mouse. And while you’re playing, all your voice chat and game volume options are available in one place.

To keep things simple, only the game is displayed to your Friends, never your desktop or other Top Secret stuff. You can share — or limit access to — the keyboard and mouse. It’s your choice.”

Remote Play Together also allows players to stream their games to their mobile devices and invite friends to play with them on their own mobile devices. To celebrate the launch of the new feature, Steam is slashing the prices off Remote Play Together-compatible titles which includes puzzle games, coop campaigns, and a whole host of Lego games.

Head over to the Steam Store to find out more.