

Go to you View profile – Edit Profile – My Privacy Settings, select level of privacy to Private or Only Friends. However, this is easily bypassed by lying about your age, so it is not the recommended use of content restriction. There is also an age restriction on many games, meaning you have to enter your age before continuing, and if you are too young, you cannot access the game.

This is very useful if you want to restrict your children from graphic content. This prevents anyone from purchasing a game outright, and instead makes them enter a pin before completing the process. Steam offers a content restriction setting called ‘Family View’ (Directions can be found on the image below). Are there any parental controls for Steam? In order to choose the right game for your child, always make sure to check the rating. Many of the games on Steam are child friendly, with little to no violence, but there are also many violent and mature games. Steam offers a variety of different games, with a large variation in price. These items include games, trading cards and in-game items. One of Steam’s most popular features is its trading system, which allows you to exchange items in your ‘inventory’ (Items that you own) for items in someone else’s ‘inventory’ (Items they own). They are then stored in your Steam profile and you can download them onto any computer. Steam is an online game platform, where you may purchase games and download them off the Internet. B (14yrs) helps parents providing all the information you need to understand this very popular online gaming store. Are your children talking about Steam? And asking you to allow them to buy and download games from this gaming platform? Guest poster Will.
