steam offline mode needs internet?

[Availingpoet]

i dont understand steam offline mode i guess. I tried doing steam offline mode without internet as my internet went out early in the day but it was stuck loading forever and then 5 minutes later my internet came back up and it instantly loaded up into offline mode. So you still need an internet connection to run steam offline?

[V3LTA]

no it doesn't need internet just turn off the internet / lan on your pc if the internet connection is very weak.

[🦊Λℚ𝓤ΛƑΛᗯҜᔕ🦊]

For steam offline mode to work you must manually go in the steam client and select "Go Offline .." from the menu while you are online.

You can not enter steam's offline mode if you were previously logged into steam online then your internet suddenly goes out. That's not how it works.