You can run as many games as you want on the same box.

But of course that isnt what youre talking about and you havent even disclosed that in the opening post.

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

You can run as many games as you want on the same box.

But of course that isnt what youre talking about and you havent even disclosed that in the opening post.

No you can't. If you open a second game it closes the first game.

Go to the games install folder and run the exe. Some work. Depends on the game.

Originally posted by eram:

Go to the games install folder and run the exe. Some work. Depends on the game.

That can break clouds saves. Too risky with slay the spire runs.

Well you have only one dedicated GPU which may not display 2 games at the same. ;)

Originally posted by shak59:

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

You can run as many games as you want on the same box.

But of course that isnt what youre talking about and you havent even disclosed that in the opening post.

No you can't. If you open a second game it closes the first game.

Oh really?

https://prnt.sc/Of-kbQCkEI8G

Thats 5 running at one time.

Originally posted by shak59:

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

You can run as many games as you want on the same box.

But of course that isnt what youre talking about and you havent even disclosed that in the opening post.

No you can't. If you open a second game it closes the first game.

That is false, i routinely run multiple games at once. if its closing its an issue on your end, but steam fully supports it as long as its the same pc.

Originally posted by shak59:

Originally posted by eram:

Go to the games install folder and run the exe. Some work. Depends on the game.

That can break clouds saves. Too risky with slay the spire runs.

Do you need cloud saves? How many computers you playing that game on?

Originally posted by eram:

Originally posted by shak59:

That can break clouds saves. Too risky with slay the spire runs.

Do you need cloud saves? How many computers you playing that game on?

Main PC, steam deck, cloud gaming. Cloud saving is vital in 2025+.

Originally posted by shak59:

Originally posted by eram:

Do you need cloud saves? How many computers you playing that game on?

Main PC, steam deck, cloud gaming. Cloud saving is vital in 2025+.

Again, it works fine. You can run multiple games at once on the same device. You cannot run two games on two different devices at a time and that includes steam deck as a device.

Originally posted by shak59:

Originally posted by eram:

Do you need cloud saves? How many computers you playing that game on?

Main PC, steam deck, cloud gaming. Cloud saving is vital in 2025+.

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

But of course that isnt what youre talking about and you havent even disclosed that in the opening post.

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

Originally posted by shak59:

Main PC, steam deck, cloud gaming. Cloud saving is vital in 2025+.

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

But of course that isnt what youre talking about and you havent even disclosed that in the opening post.

Yep, sounds like OP is trying to play 2 games on 2 different devices which you can't.

Originally posted by shak59:

I've paid for the licenses, there is no legla reason to restrict users to just 1 game at a time. They've already paid for it. Let them play it.

They don't, you can play as many games on 1 device at a time as you want, however they restrict you from playing on two different devices at once as otherwise people will let others use their account.

THAT is the legal reason to not allow two different devices to play games at once.

Originally posted by shak59:

No you can't. If you open a second game it closes the first game.

I'm currently playing Darktide (online only) and Slay the Spire on the same PC.

https://ibb.co/vxWyMmNB

I can alt tab between them.

You cannot be online on the same account on two, three different devices.

Originally posted by Brian9824:

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

Yep, sounds like OP is trying to play 2 games on 2 different devices which you can't.

Originally posted by shak59:

I've paid for the licenses, there is no legla reason to restrict users to just 1 game at a time. They've already paid for it. Let them play it.

They don't, you can play as many games on 1 device at a time as you want, however they restrict you from playing on two different devices at once as otherwise people will let others use their account.

THAT is the legal reason to not allow two different devices to play games at once.

They know what they are asking of, but at least the claim that they can't run 2 games at the same time on one pc is rather humorous considering it is known you can run more than 1 game on a device, that is assuming said device can handle multiple games which may be op's probably and would require an upgrade to a reasonable pc.

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

You can run as many games as you want on the same box.

But of course that isnt what youre talking about and you havent even disclosed that in the opening post.

If I recall correctly, the limit is 32 simultaneous games on the same machine (although that might just be for time tracking).