Once a game is activated on Steam, you can download and play it just as if you purchased it from the Steam store. I found the same “deal” offered for Dishonored on a similar website that used the same URL scheme. These two sites (which are Google Blogger sites) are likely created by the same guy. Since you naturally can’t play. Many Steam users do not know that it is possible to download and play Steam games simultaneously. This comes from the fact that downloads are automatically paused whenever a game is launched using the Steam client, and that there is no option in the Steam preferences to prevent game downloads from not being paused when you start a game. Why cant i download a game and play a different game at the same time on steam any more? I have been using steam for a long time and just until yesterday i was able to play a game and download a game at the same time is there some thing wrong with my pc or is it that some thing on my steam settings changed and how do i fix it back to the way it. Sep 7, 2016 - You just can't play the game on multiple computers at the same time. Can I download a F2P steam game and use it on another computer? You will have to buy it again because Steam has DRM. If you both share a game on steam, then both of you download the game. If one of you goes into offline mode, you can play at the same time. This obviously blocks online features such as saving to the cloud and online gameplay but considering skyrim is single player ( without mods ) it shouldn't be a problem. Probably this is well discussed, but please allow me to rant a bit. It's absurd to give this option if steam won't allow the users to use the games simultaneously. I can understand blocking the use of the same game, but for different games it shouldn't be a problem. I mean, I bought those games, I own them! Why can't I use them the way I want to?! Why do downloads in Steam stop when I begin playing a game? [NOTE: If you wish to only continue an individual download, you may click the Resume button.

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Many Steam users do not know that it is possible to download and play Steam games simultaneously. This comes from the fact that downloads are automatically paused whenever a game is launched using the Steam client, and that there is no option in the Steam preferences to prevent game downloads from not being paused when you start a game.

There is however a way to resume paused Steam game downloads while you are playing games. Let me show you how this is done.

Steam will pause or suspend all downloads as soon as you start a game. This is indicated by the suspend state of all downloads in the Steam library.

You can switch to the downloads page here to display this more clearly in the client. Just click on View > Downloads to see all current downloads that are either completed, starting up or suspended.

If you have started a game on Steam, all should either show up as suspended if they have not been fully downloaded yet to the computer, or as ready to play if they have been downloaded fully to it in this session.

To resume downloads while you are playing games do the following:

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1. Use Alt-Tab to get back to the desktop of your system. This minimizes the game window in the process.
2. Bring the Steam client to the front if it is not already there and select Library > Downloads from the menu at the top.
3. Here you can either hit on the resume all button to resume all game downloads while you are playing, or click on the pause and then resume icon on the right side of individual downloads that you are interested in.
4. Click on the game icon in the taskbar afterwards to display the game window again on the screen. You can now continue playing the game while the downloads are being completed in the background.

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Resuming game downloads may be useful if you want to play a game alone or with your friends while a new game is being downloaded to your computer.

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Has anyone done this or know how it works?
I just upgraded my computer and my old one is going to my wife. She has an interest in playing L4D2 w/ me, so I'm thinking I'll create a new Steam Login and buy the game on it for her. I'm hoping I don't have to re-download the game and take up extra hard drive space. I'm hoping it is smart enough to use the same files. The fact that it's stored here looks promising: C:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappscommon
Also, it would be cool if there were other features you could use with steam, like split up the games you can play, but I'm guessing that with any games that are linked to a single account, only 1 game can be played at a time.