How To Play Steam Games Without Steam (Question)

[★ Epicskunk ★]

Hello everyone.

I'm going to go somewhere, where there won't be any internet. Majority of the games I have are in Steam, so does anyone know how to play Steam games without using Steam? I'm asking this because any game I downloaded from Steam asks me to login to my Steam account, be it an online game or a single player game.

And no, the "Put Steam into Offline Mode to play the games without internet" thing does not work, because I need to have internet to do that.

[ KARR™]

Some games will run from the exe without Steam, locate their installation directory and you can check if it tries to launch Steam or not.

Although the offline mode does work, if you do it in advance, or not, it will/should just tell you there is no connection and you're away.

[Snapjak]

Log in and check the stay logged in button.
Make sure all games you want to play are fully updated and have been launched at least once.
Turn offline mode on.

That's how it works. Do it before you actually go.

[★ Epicskunk ★]

Originally posted by Snapjak:

Log in and check the stay logged in button.
Make sure all games you want to play are fully updated and have been launched at least once.
Turn offline mode on.

That's how it works. Do it before you actually go.

That's why I'm asking in the first place.

I did all of that way before, when I had to go (1 year ago or so) and it did not work. The games asked me to login to my Steam, to let the Offline Mode to work.

Originally posted by 𝒦𝒜𝑅𝑅™:

Some games will run from the exe without Steam, locate their installation directory and you can check if it tries to launch Steam or not.

Although the offline mode does work, if you do it in advance, or not, it will/should just tell you there is no connection and you're away.

Every game tries to launch Steam.

[Michelangelo17]

Help

[★ Epicskunk ★]

Originally posted by Michelangelo17:

Help

You want some help, or you have the same problem?

[Out Of Bubblegum]

I think what went wrong with your offline test is that you still did have an internet connection when you tested. Try this: unplug the internet cable. Then run Steam (not the game icon - run Steam). Use anything for your password, because it will not be able to connect anyway. When Steam cannot connect it will ask you if you want to run offline. Say yes and you are done. I run offline all the time. It works.
Or you could connect like normal, then click The Steam in the upper left corner and say go offline. Then the next time you run Steam it will stay offline (I think - not completly sure about this one since I always do the first way).

[★ Epicskunk ★]

Originally posted by GamingChas:

I think what went wrong with your offline test is that you still did have an internet connection when you tested. Try this: unplug the internet cable. Then run Steam (not the game icon - run Steam). Use anything for your password, because it will not be able to connect anyway. When Steam cannot connect it will ask you if you want to run offline. Say yes and you are done. I run offline all the time. It works.
Or you could connect like normal, then click The Steam in the upper left corner and say go offline. Then the next time you run Steam it will stay offline (I think - not completly sure about this one since I always do the first way).

Nope, that's what I did back then.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Maybe you are confusing Steam running offline and running a game without Steam at all. All games made for Steam require that the Steam client is running before the game will start. So, yes, when you start a game, the Steam cilent will run and will ask you to 'log in'. So click on log in just like always. Then, if you have no internet, Steam will offer to run in the offline mode. It does work, Try it again now, not 'I tried it once a long time ago'. Steam always has to run but that is OK because it does have an offline mode.

[★ Epicskunk ★]

Originally posted by GamingChas:

Maybe you are confusing Steam running offline and running a game without Steam at all. All games made for Steam require that the Steam client is running before the game will start. So, yes, when you start a game, the Steam cilent will run and will ask you to 'log in'. So click on log in just like always. Then, if you have no internet, Steam will offer to run in the offline mode. It does work, Try it again now, not 'I tried it once a long time ago'. Steam always has to run but that is OK because it does have an offline mode.

I did try now.

Steam asks me to have an internet connection,to play the game without the internet connection.So yeah,it's nullifying itself,basically.

Offline mode doesn't really work,because it wants me to be online at all times for offline to work.

[Lucas]

Originally posted by Epicskunk:

Originally posted by GamingChas:

Maybe you are confusing Steam running offline and running a game without Steam at all. All games made for Steam require that the Steam client is running before the game will start. So, yes, when you start a game, the Steam cilent will run and will ask you to 'log in'. So click on log in just like always. Then, if you have no internet, Steam will offer to run in the offline mode. It does work, Try it again now, not 'I tried it once a long time ago'. Steam always has to run but that is OK because it does have an offline mode.

I did try now.

Steam asks me to have an internet connection,to play the game without the internet connection.So yeah,it's nullifying itself,basically.

Offline mode doesn't really work,because it wants me to be online at all times for offline to work.

What games are you trying to test?

Some games require a connection to the internet.

[★ Epicskunk ★]

Originally posted by Lucas:

Originally posted by Epicskunk:

I did try now.

Steam asks me to have an internet connection,to play the game without the internet connection.So yeah,it's nullifying itself,basically.

Offline mode doesn't really work,because it wants me to be online at all times for offline to work.

What games are you trying to test?

Some games require a connection to the internet.

The games that does not need connection, of course : Epic Battle Fantasy 4.

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Epicskunk:

Hello everyone.

I'm going to go somewhere, where there won't be any internet. Majority of the games I have are in Steam, so does anyone know how to play Steam games without using Steam? I'm asking this because any game I downloaded from Steam asks me to login to my Steam account, be it an online game or a single player game.

And no, the "Put Steam into Offline Mode to play the games without internet" thing does not work, because I need to have internet to do that.

You don't need interent to do it. I just tested it.

Close Steam > Unplug network cable/disable wifi > Load steam >
'error can't connect 2 options. Try again or start in offline mode > Start in offline mode > Library > Load game

Edit: finishing post as I cut it short due to visitors and general tweaking.

I know this works as as I've just followed the above steps and loaded up Batman Arkham City without a problem.

Batman: Arkham Knight wanted me to have steam in online mode and run the game. Once I ran game in Online mode once it worked when Steam was in offline mode. I have ran the game before but not for several months so there is a time restriction that means it needs a connection every x days/months.

You will need to test which games allow you to play in offline mode/don't need a connection to run. I suggest that you run every game you want to play, that does work, the day before you leave to reduce the risk of game needing an internet connection while your away.

[Ogami]

Whats important for Offline mode you MUST set Steam to remember login credentials and dont use any programs that clear cookies automatically. As long as the login credentials are saved on your pc Steam will log into Offline mode. If the credentials are not saved locally, Steam automatically tries to connect to the internet to verify that you are the account owner.

[Ditzy_Racoon]

My steam client does not work at all, gives me the Fatal error message. i cannot run any of my games and i cannot install/reinstalll steam it just gives the same error. wtf can i do?

[TTAISHI]

Here it is:
Right click the Steam's icon -> Open folder's location -> steamapps -> common -> -wich app you want to run without steam- -> -find the .exe file that runs your game- -> create a shortcut
It is done