Can I play games without steam running?

[TrueMandalorian]

Can I download a game to my computer, and then play it without steam running? Does it always try to boot up steam when I go to play a game I got off of here?

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For the most part, no. Some games support running outside Steam, but most games will require to be run through Steam.

[ReBoot]

Steam needs to run. But what's the problem with it? Why do you need it not to run?

[TrueMandalorian]

Thanks!

[DOBURCHOVEK77777]

Steam needs to run but if you want you can play offline mode :)

[TrueMandalorian]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Steam needs to run. But what's the problem with it? Why do you need it not to run?

Porn is a problem in my home (disagree or not, it is for me). I was just seeing if I could restrict access to steam but still allow games to be played.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by TrueMandalorian:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Steam needs to run. But what's the problem with it? Why do you need it not to run?

Porn is a problem in my home (disagree or not, it is for me). I was just seeing if I could restrict access to steam but still allow games to be played.

Is there any connection between Steam and porn?

[Snapjak]

It's probably a restrict all online access thing.

[TrueMandalorian]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by TrueMandalorian:

Porn is a problem in my home (disagree or not, it is for me). I was just seeing if I could restrict access to steam but still allow games to be played.

Is there any connection between Steam and porn?

Apparently you can find porn on some peoples art pages.

[Snapjak]

Make sure to report any you find that are actual porn. Valve does remove them.

[TrueMandalorian]

Originally posted by Snapjak:

It's probably a restrict all online access thing.

Perhaps. That's why I was wondering if I could download games or not. But offline mode is probably the way to go.

[TrueMandalorian]

Originally posted by Snapjak:

Make sure to report any you find that are actual porn. Valve does remove them.

Cool, will do. Thanks.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by TrueMandalorian:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Is there any connection between Steam and porn?

Apparently you can find porn on some peoples art pages.

1. Report those
2. You can play games without looking at people's art pages
3. You can look on people's art pages without Steam running,
So why exactly don't you want to use Steam then?

[TrueMandalorian]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by TrueMandalorian:

Apparently you can find porn on some peoples art pages.

1. Report those
2. You can play games without looking at people's art pages
3. You can look on people's art pages without Steam running,
So why exactly don't you want to use Steam then?

I was just trying to see if I could restrict access to the rest of steam, but still allow for the games to be played.

[Snapjak]

You can use family view (not family sharing) to restrict access to friends/community. But that does absolutely nothing for someone just using a browser and not being logged in.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Snapjak:

You can use family view (not family sharing) to restrict access to friends/community. But that does absolutely nothing for someone just using a browser and not being logged in.

Unless browser access is restricted as well,m