steam question

If you buy a game from say walmart, and it's single player that uses steam. do you have to connect to you steam account. Basically I'm asking if my internet connection goes can i play games like half life.

Yes and no.

You need to go online the first time to validate the client and unlock the client; however, once you do that, you can go into your setting and set your Steam account to work in off-line mode (has to be done while online, though).

so i have to have the internet on so i can play a single player game from steam.i need to know that if i have to have my internet cord out after i validate it i can play.

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Originally Posted by iWrestle

Actually , if you have no internet and you are still in internet mode , when u try and sign in it will say something like "no internet connection was found would you like to continue in offline mode".

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Yes, but you only get this option if you have it enabled in you account settings; other wise it will tell you you need to go online and change those seetings before you can play in off-line mode.