Can you play ALL SD games offline?

[karmazyn1]

I have come across post on reddit reporting that you cant play certain games, like GTA V, DOOM ETERNAL and some others, if you are not connected to internet?
Is this true, so no DOOM on a plane?

[Mahjik]

I don't know about DOOM, but no not all games can be played offline. It up to the developer and publisher of the title. Of my installed games on my SD, about 50% of them can be played offline.

[karmazyn1]

Originally posted by Mahjik:

I don't know about DOOM, but no not all games can be played offline. It up to the developer and publisher of the title. Of my installed games on my SD, about 50% of them can be played offline.

It would be great if someone created thread with the list of games that are offline friendly. It would be mint. Thanks.

[Mahjik]

Just put your device into offline mode and try to launch what you have installed. It won't blow up.

[karmazyn1]

I also dont how saves work, because these go to cloud. Will I access save file if my game is loaded on offline mode?

[karmazyn1]

Originally posted by Mahjik:

Just put your device into offline mode and try to launch what you have installed. It won't blow up.

Having thread would save everyone lots of time and frustration.

[Bee🐝]

I saw the thread.

As other posters there pointed out there, games like Doom work but it has to connect at least once, others have to be connected at all times - that’s up to the devs.

Steam is essentially a less intrusive version of DRM at the end of the day, so this isn’t surprising.

[Prezidentas]

the thing is that most games with singleplayer always-online stupidity have some kind of a mod to get rid of it. sometimes it's useful to use it just to get rid of the additional launchers. That's how I played GTA IV back a few years, and even on a regular PC it was a lot nicer.

[AceHercules1196]

Originally posted by karmazyn1:

I have come across post on reddit reporting that you cant play certain games, like GTA V, DOOM ETERNAL and some others, if you are not connected to internet?
Is this true, so no DOOM on a plane?

Doesn’t DOOM eternal require a internet connection because of the multiplayer mode

[Andeddu]

Originally posted by Corey:

Originally posted by karmazyn1:

I have come across post on reddit reporting that you cant play certain games, like GTA V, DOOM ETERNAL and some others, if you are not connected to internet?
Is this true, so no DOOM on a plane?

Doesn’t DOOM eternal require a internet connection because of the multiplayer mode

I don’t think you need to be online. I have DooM on the Swirch and I could play the campaign without being online.

[WarnerCK]

The Deck Verified info box will give potentially two warnings if applicable: "This game's first-time setup requires an active Internet connection" and "Singleplayer gameplay requires an active Internet connection"

Those attributes won't stop a game getting its Verified or Playable status, since for the extremely common use of playing games in your house on a sofa or in bed it doesn't stop the game working, but it is a significant enough downside that it gets specifically called out. If games that do that are a problem for you, don't buy those games.

[karmazyn1]

Originally posted by WarnerCK:

The Deck Verified info box will give potentially two warnings if applicable: "This game's first-time setup requires an active Internet connection" and "Singleplayer gameplay requires an active Internet connection"

Those attributes won't stop a game getting its Verified or Playable status, since for the extremely common use of playing games in your house on a sofa or in bed it doesn't stop the game working, but it is a significant enough downside that it gets specifically called out. If games that do that are a problem for you, don't buy those games.

Can I tether deck to my phone or something? Can my phone be an access point. I could use mobile data just to verify game before starting.

[CoffeeCup]

Originally posted by karmazyn1:

Originally posted by WarnerCK:

The Deck Verified info box will give potentially two warnings if applicable: "This game's first-time setup requires an active Internet connection" and "Singleplayer gameplay requires an active Internet connection"

Those attributes won't stop a game getting its Verified or Playable status, since for the extremely common use of playing games in your house on a sofa or in bed it doesn't stop the game working, but it is a significant enough downside that it gets specifically called out. If games that do that are a problem for you, don't buy those games.

Can I tether deck to my phone or something? Can my phone be an access point. I could use mobile data just to verify game before starting.

Yeah, tethering should work. It's literally a Linux computer so you can basically do whatever a computer can, no different to the one you're sitting at when regularly playing Steam except for the OS.

[Clone303]

yeah 120% but of cause not if they wanted to be online

[Cypherous]

Originally posted by karmazyn1:

Originally posted by Mahjik:

Just put your device into offline mode and try to launch what you have installed. It won't blow up.

Having thread would save everyone lots of time and frustration.

It would also end up being 50,000 games long to handle everything currently on steam, so not really a viable solution

[Mahjik]

Originally posted by karmazyn1:

Originally posted by WarnerCK:

The Deck Verified info box will give potentially two warnings if applicable: "This game's first-time setup requires an active Internet connection" and "Singleplayer gameplay requires an active Internet connection"

Those attributes won't stop a game getting its Verified or Playable status, since for the extremely common use of playing games in your house on a sofa or in bed it doesn't stop the game working, but it is a significant enough downside that it gets specifically called out. If games that do that are a problem for you, don't buy those games.

Can I tether deck to my phone or something? Can my phone be an access point. I could use mobile data just to verify game before starting.

Yes, but that won't address your airplane scenario.

The other thing to be careful of is the Deck downloading shader updates if you have a limit on your hotspot plan.