Installing on Two Computers

[aceymi]

A quick question. Do you know if Steam allows you to have the game installed on two computers if you only use them one at a time?

I can't get out of the Medieval Period before it continuously crashes on the computer that it is presently installed. I have a new Dell at work and would like to try the game there when possible.

You guys are great and thanks for helping me out.

 

[Justicex]

My guess is, that you would need to uninstall it from the first pc before installing on the second.

Your best bet would be to ask in the stickied thread set up by volunteer Steam mods. They would know much better than I.

 

[Atros81]

You'll be able to install it no problem. What happens is when you sign into steam on the second computer, it logs you out on the first.

 

[hardcore_gamer]

You can install both STEAM and the game on as many different computers as you want. But you can only be logged into your STEAM account to access the game on a single computer at a time.

 

[Maniacal]

You can install it on as many computers as you want, you just can only use it on one computer at a time when logged in online (you can install it on one, log into offline mode, install it on another and have two people playing the same copy as long as the offline one stays offline).

 

[Koppa Dasao]

You may install Civ5 on any number of computers, and use each of them simultaneously.

The procedure is simple.
If you bought Civ5 in a shop, first install Civ5 on your main computer as required, then restart Steam in off-line mode.
If you bought Civ5 on Steam, just restart Steam in off-line mode.
Then do the following on each other computer:
- Install Steam
- Log onto Steam using your account
- Download Civ5
- Run and exit Civ5
- Restart Steam in off-line mode

Return to you main computer and restart Steam in on-line mode.

As long as each other computer keep Steam running in off-line mode, each and everyone of them may run Civ5 at any time, including simultaneously.

The legality of such an installation has not been tested, but I think that you would not be in any legal trouble as long as you don't use this procedure to give away or sell copies of Civ5. As such you may without any foreseeable legal consequences invite your friends over to your house with their computers and install your copy of Civ5 on each of their computers and play a multiplayer LAN game, and then have each of them either delete or buy the game when you are done.

 

[dannythefool]

Note that offline mode requires *saving your login data* locally. I'm not sure I want to do that on a computer that I don't own

But for your personal use, sure, it works, you can even copy the entire steam folder instead of downloading again.