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[–] jazzkoalapaws@ttrpg.network 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

But, it would suck if I were in Russia and suddenly lost access to my games.

Another reason not to rely on steam as a central point of failure.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Not a defense, but aren't a lot of the steam games at least runnable without the front end?

Not as much as GOG obviously, but some ?

[–] mpdarkguy@piefed.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Afaik no. Some games will run with steam open in offline mode without an internet connection but that's about it.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 45 seconds ago

All the games will run in offline mode, unless they specifically require the steam services to start, like anticheat and stuff. It's a gamedev decision, not Valve's

[–] BillyTheKid2@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Lots of indie games yes, but not so many of the AAAs