Do you have a Playstation 5 and want to share your account and your games with your friends? No problem ! Let's quickly take a look at how you can play online and have access to their game library .
Follow the steps in our guide and you'll be sharing your PS5 account in no time. You can watch the video tutorial if you prefer!
What is account sharing on PS5?
This option allows you to have access to 's game library and even PlayStation Plus subscription on your own PS5 and vice versa! You can play its games offline or online.
If your friend is a real geek, you will have the chance to take advantage of all the PS5 exclusives !
Anyway, let’s see how to do it!
Enable “Console Sharing and Offline Play” on PS5
User and accounts 
Other Console sharing and offline gaming
- Make sure you have added a secondary account (with the PSN credentials of your friend you want to share your games with) on your console.
- On your friend's secondary account. Go to Settings , then select User & Accounts .
- In the tab named “Others”, choose the option “ Console sharing and offline gaming ”.
- Enable the sharing option to be able to access your friend's games .
- Ask your friend to turn off “console sharing and offline play” on their PS5.
Activate on your ps5 
Disable on your friend's PS5
By following these steps, you will have access to its game library and you can play online together with a single PS PLUS subscription!
How many players can use game sharing on PS5 simultaneously?
On PS5, you can share the game library and the PS PLUS subscription with a maximum of one person .
Some differences between game sharing on PS5 and PS4
- On PS4 , you can share your game library with a friend, but they must link your PSN account as their primary console to their PS4 .
- On PS5 , you don't need to set the other console as your primary console to share your games. You need to enable the “Console Sharing and Offline Play” feature. You have access to the games library and you can your friend's ps plus subscription on your main account for free
Share play: another solution for sharing your games
your PS5 games with your friends using the PS5's Share Play .
The PS5's Share Play feature lets you share your PS5 screen and control with a friend online, allowing you to play your games together.
This is a great way to play without having to share your account .
To use Share Play, simply follow these steps:
Here's how to use Screen Sharing and Share Play on the Playstation 5 :
For your convenience, here is a video tutorial!
Screen sharing
- Join a Party
- Open Control Center by pressing the PS key
- Party voice chat window
- Select “ Start Screen Sharing ” to start sharing your screen
- Select “ Stop Screen Sharing ” from the Party voice chat window to stop sharing
Shared play
- Join a Party
- Open Control Center by pressing the PS key
- Select the Party voice chat window
- Select “ Start Share Play ”
- Invite a player and select the desired game mode
- To stop Share Play, go to the Control Center, returned to the Party voice chat window, then the Share Play options and select “Stop Share Play ”
It's important to note that to use Screen Sharing and Share Play, you must be online and have a PlayStation Plus membership.
There are a few things to consider when using Share Play:
- Share Play only works if you and your friend are connected online . You cannot use this feature in offline mode.
- Share Play is temporary and only gives your friend temporary access to your account. He will not be able to play your games once the Share Play session is over.
- Share Play is limited to a duration of 60 minutes . After 60 minutes, the Share Play session will automatically end and your friend will be logged out of your account.
- Some games may be locked for Share Play. If you have a game that you cannot share with Share Play, you will need to use console and offline game sharing rather than Share Play.
