What is Steam Remote Play?
As a refresher, though, it’s designed to let up to four people (maybe more, though Valve was a bit coy about how that would work) play multiplayer, co-op, and split-screen online games together as if there was no distance separating them.
Remote Play Together lets you
Play local multiplayer games with Steam Friends online Stream video, audio, input, and voice between players Use your own controllers, or share control of the keyboard & mouse Play together across PC, Mac, and Linux
How to Join Steam Remote Play
Naturally, the first thing to do is to join the Remote Play Together beta, which you can do here.
After that:
Launch your desired multiplayer game Navigate to the Steam Overlay, which you can do with Shift+Tab Choose the friends you want to join the game Select “Remote Play Together” After the other player(s) accept, you’re good to go
Only the person hosting the session needs to own the game; the others can just join in anyway, and the host can also limit the amount of control other members have over things like the mouse cursor.
That’s all you need to know about Steam’s Remote Play Together feature. If you’re stuck on what game to pick, check out this list of some of Steam’s best co-op games.
