How to Set One Shared Daily Gaming Limit Across Roblox, Minecraft & Steam on Windows

Why Per-App Limits and Whole-PC Locks Fail on Gaming Computers

When parents try to manage gaming on a Windows PC, they usually run into a frustrating tradeoff between whole-device limits and per-application limits.

If you set a 90-minute whole-PC limit, your child gets locked out of the computer when they still need Word, Google Docs, or Khan Academy for homework. If you instead set 60-minute per-app limits on individual games, your child simply hops from Roblox to Minecraft to Steam as each timer expires.

• Game-hopping multiplies screen time: Four games with 1-hour limits equal 4 hours of daily gaming.
• Renamed game executables: Kids often copy or rename game launchers in AppData to reset per-app timers.
• Abrupt lockouts cause meltdowns: Locking the screen in the middle of an online match without warning leads to lost progress and daily arguments.

How Shared App Groups Work in FynTime Keeper

FynTime Keeper introduces Shared App Groups for Windows 10 and 11. You create a group such as Daily Games, assign Roblox, Minecraft, Steam, Fortnite, and Valorant to that group, and set one combined budget (for example, 90 minutes on school days and 3 hours on weekends).

Your child can split those 90 minutes across any games in the group however they like. Meanwhile, educational tools and productivity apps remain accessible outside the gaming pool.

• One combined gaming pool: Every minute spent in Roblox, Minecraft, or Steam counts toward the same shared daily gaming budget.
• Polite 15, 10, 5, 2, and 1-minute countdowns: Gentle visual and audio warnings give kids plenty of time to finish a round and save their game.
• Asking for more time: Kids can ask from the FynTime icon in the taskbar, and parents can add 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes from the Android app.
• Zero FPS drop: FynTime enforces rules locally with minimal CPU and memory overhead, avoiding cloud hooks that cause frame stutter.

Limit Games, Not Schoolwork

If your child needs the PC for school, a limit on the whole PC can lock them out of homework. Limit the games instead, and leave the PC itself available.

• Group the games: put them in one group and give it a daily limit.
• Leave the PC open: in the parent app, choose Allow unlimited time on this device, so the daily PC limit cannot end schoolwork.
• Keep school apps out of the group: anything outside the group keeps working when the games close.
• Check the browser too: games and videos in a browser are websites, not apps, so look at your web limits as well.
• Know what allowed hours do: they apply to the whole PC, not to one game. To keep the evening for homework, agree with your child when the game time gets used.

A Worked Example: Why Switching Games Stops Paying Off

Say your child has Roblox, Minecraft and Steam, and you agree on 90 minutes of games a day.

With a separate 90-minute limit on each one, a child who runs out of Roblox can simply open Minecraft, then Steam. That adds up to four and a half hours, and every switch is another reason for an argument.

With one Daily Games group, the same 90 minutes is shared. Your child might play 40 minutes of Roblox, 30 of Minecraft and 20 on Steam. At 90 minutes the games in the group close, and opening a different one does not restart the clock.

• Switching adds nothing: every game in the group draws from the same time.
• Your child still chooses: how to split the time is up to them.
• Schoolwork stays open: apps outside the group keep working when the games close.
• Two games open count once: time in the group is not counted twice.

Frequently Asked Questions