Share the games.
Keep your own progress.
Meta Quest game sharing, made simple. Work out who buys, which account goes where, and what your household can play together.
App Sharing lets other profiles on a Quest use eligible games bought by the person who set it up. That owner can enable sharing on one headset at a time. Playing together, paid extras, and children’s permissions need their own checks.
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Who should buy the game?
For a library you want to share, use the account that first set up the shared headset. Meta calls this person the device owner. Adding that person later as another profile does not make them the owner. Check which account you are buying with before paying. Sharing gives another person access; it does not move a purchase into their account.
How do I share games on one Quest?
Use separate profiles so each person can keep their own progress. From the owner's profile, open Settings → Profiles, add the other person's account, then turn on App Sharing. Switch to their profile to find eligible shared games. Adding someone to your family alone does not turn on sharing.
How do I share games between two Quest headsets?
For the usual two-person setup, the buyer is the device owner on both headsets. The buyer plays on one; the other person uses their own profile on the second, where App Sharing is on. Only one headset can have sharing enabled for that owner. This arrangement gives access to eligible games; playing the same game together also depends on that game's multiplayer support.
Can we play together after buying one copy?
Sometimes. Use a separate player profile for each person and check the game's own sharing and multiplayer instructions before buying. Two headsets logged into the same playing account are not the same as two people using App Sharing. Walkabout Mini Golf documents a household sharing setup; Beat Saber says one account cannot play multiplayer on two headsets at once.
What if we have three or more headsets?
One owner cannot turn on App Sharing across every family headset: sharing is limited to one headset for that owner. Three extra profiles on a headset does not mean three extra shared headsets. Check what each game supports before buying more copies; a game's own guest-pass feature may offer a different way to join.
Our headsets already use different accounts. Can we still share?
First check which account bought the games and which account first set up the headset where the other person will play. If those differ, simply adding the buyer as an extra profile will not share their library. Changing the device owner requires a factory reset. Stop and check backups, local recordings, and sign-in details before deciding: a reset erases local data and does not combine two game libraries.
How does sharing work with a child's account?
Keep the child on the appropriate account for their age. A shared game and permission to play it are separate things: check both App Sharing and the child's app access in Family Centre. An approval request is not proof you need to buy the game again. If the screen asks for payment unexpectedly, check the purchasing account and sharing setup before proceeding. Do not use an adult profile to get around age restrictions.
Are DLC and music packs shared too?
Do not assume they are. Beat Saber's FAQ includes the base game's Original Soundtracks, Extras, and Camellia Pack in App Sharing, but excludes paid Music Packs. Walkabout Mini Golf's support page describes DLC sharing with its own profile setup. Check the specific game's current instructions before buying an add-on for someone else.
Is a guest pass the same as App Sharing?
No. App Sharing is a headset feature; a guest pass is an invitation feature inside a particular game. In Walkabout Mini Golf, a guest can join an owned DLC course in multiplayer without owning that course, but cannot collect its lost balls or take part in its foxhunts. That is not a free copy of the base game or permanent ownership of the DLC.
Does sharing include subscriptions?
Check the subscription separately. Meta's developer guidance says an app's subscriber-only content is available to the account that bought that subscription. Do not treat that as a rule for every benefit of Meta Horizon+, or assume that sharing a base game includes all paid memberships. Check the particular subscription's terms before paying for a second one.
Will we share saves, scores, or storage space?
Separate Meta profiles keep their progress, scores, and settings separate. If the owner already has an app installed, adding it for another profile does not need another full copy of that app on the same headset. A game's own profile system can work differently; check it before switching players. Profiles can also have separate passcodes.
Why aren't shared games showing up or working?
Check that the buyer is the device owner, that the other player has their own profile, and that sharing is on for this headset. If sharing is enabled elsewhere, move it to the intended headset. Check the game's sharing support and any child-account approvals. Then update and restart the headset. For a game that appears but fails online, check that game's support rather than assuming another purchase will fix it. Save factory reset for a confirmed need to change the owner or advice from support.
What happens when someone uses a different headset?
Games they bought with their own account remain their purchases. Access borrowed through App Sharing on the old headset does not automatically follow them. You can move the owner's sharing to a different headset, but it cannot stay enabled on both. App Sharing also does not unlock a Steam or PlayStation copy of the game.
“I bought a Quest for my partner. Do we buy everything twice?”
Start with the games you already own. Check the buying account, set up your partner’s own profile on the shared headset, and enable App Sharing there. Try an eligible game before paying for another copy.
Want to play it together? Check that game’s multiplayer instructions too. Sharing access and joining the same match are two different questions.
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