But, if everyone involved has a good enough connection, you can actually exceed that limit. Remote Play Together is also normally limited to four-players. The connection is pretty stable, but just like with any online game, if you have a weak internet connection you will suffer lag and higher response times. This is especially great since only the player hosting the match has to own the game. No fuss, no need for anything complicated like port-forwarding or using paid server providers-it just works. Steam will send your friends an invite to join your game and after they click on it you’ll be playing together. So how does it work? It’s easy-just launch your favorite local co-op game, go to your friends list, right-click your friends and click on “Remote Play Together,” and you’re done.

Not only is Remote Play Together completely free, but it was also able to shed a lot of the complications these services tend to have since it’s directly incorporated into Steam. Now, there have been attempts at similar services in the past, but Remote Play Together is different. Last October, Valve announced that it would be expanding the service with Steam Remote Play Together, which allows you to stream games to other players to play local co-op games over the internet.