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Some games from Steam can still be used without Steam’s DRM. It’s a little difficult to pull it off, but it can be done

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A lot of games don’t require Steam’s DRM, you quit Steam and launch through the Steam directory and it still works. I haven’t tried it, but I’m pretty sure I can copy that game to a computer with no internet access and no Steam client and it’ll work. I haven’t done that though, I’ve only done it when I forgot my kids were playing on my account on another computer and wanted to play a game.

A lot of games don’t work this way, but a lot do. Try it for yourself.

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You’d need something like the Goldberg Steam Emulator, since a lot of games rely on services and APIs that Steam provides

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Looks like it’s for MP? I almost never play MP, so maybe that’s why I haven’t run into it.

Thanks for the correction. :)

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Even then. If steam actually locks out out of your games, then I bet hacked will quickly put more effort to sidestep the drm and make that more easily accessible.

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