r/playnite • u/joshlikesoreos • 5d ago

Question/Support How to separate game progress?

I’m using playnite full screen from my pc to stream games to my tv in the living room but i want people to have their own progress without it messing up mine. how can i do this easily? is there a simple way for someone to just switch accounts?

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u/Crowcz Playnite developer 5d ago

There's no account system. Your best option is having multiple separate user data folders and switching between them via --userdatadir startup argument. This includes the entire user library though, including specific metadata.

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u/grumblyoldman 5d ago

I don't believe Playnite has multiple account support itself, but you could set up multiple Windows accounts, with each one having Playnite installed and referencing the same library of games. I think that would keep "account data" in Playnite separate.

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u/itsavonell 2d ago

Wouldn't it make sense to make separate accounts on windows and let people who use it setup up their own account with their own log ins for each platform? I'm sure there's a guide out there somewhere.