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How To Play Games With Accounts Properly

Downloads Your Game, When Download Finished, whether that be new games you’re downloading or updates to your existing games. You want the download queue to be clear.

Next, launch the games that you intend to play offline. This ensures that there aren’t any further updates or installation requirements that you need to carry out before you can actually play it. Once you’ve done that, close the game.

How to Enable Steam Offline Mode

That’s all the preparation done. Now it’s time to launch Steam in Offline Mode. To do this, from the main Steam window, go to Steam > Go Offline. A message pops up to explain what you’re about to do. Click Enter Offline Mode.

You’re now using Steam in Offline Mode, and you can play your games without an internet connection. Remember, many Steam features will be unavailable, so don’t be surprised when you navigate to areas like the store or your profile and you see a warning that “Steam is currently in Offline Mode.”

When you’re ready to return online, click Steam > Go Online > Leave Offline Mode. Although you can stay in Offline Mode indefinitely, you should return online periodically so that you can receive game updates, sync your achievements, and download new games.

How to Launch a Steam Game in Offline Mode

Once you’ve enabled Steam’s Offline Mode, you don’t need to do anything special to launch your games. Just select one from your library, click Play, and off you go.

That said, any game that requires an active internet connection or uses an external launcher won’t work with Offline Mode. There’s no way to circumvent this.

Play Your Steam Games Wherever You Are

Thanks to Steam Offline Mode, you can play your games whatever your circumstance. Deep in the wilderness? Flying on a plane? Suffering an internet outage? It doesn’t matter—as long as you’ve prepped everything, you can enjoy your full Steam library.

The inclusion of Offline Mode is one of the many reasons why buying games on Steam is great. It’s the de facto PC games marketplace for a reason, and features like Offline Mode make it clear to see why.