Why do I have to be on the internet to be on Steam's offline mode?

[HellHound]

Why is this, can anybody explain why I need an internet connection to play in offline mode on steam? This seems incredibly redundant.

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[A million souls]

You dont you need the computer to remember your details and wait for steam to realise it can't connect to the internet and hit the (Run Steam in Offline Mode).

[Dexxtter]

Its pretty stupid.

[ChexGuy331]

Offline mode used to work offline. No idea what happened in the past year.

[Fredulus]

because steam has DRM
it needs to know you actually own the games, and didn't just get a friend to login to his account and DL them for you, then go into offline mode

[Hiiro326]

It always works for me, I just open steam without a connection, click play and boom offline games.

and steam is DRM lol

[TristanLuigi]

You don't.
You need to be online once, then you don't have to STAY online afterward lol

[Nickelob Ultra]

because steam has DRM
it needs to know you actually own the games, and didn't just get a friend to login to his account and DL them for you, then go into offline mode

This.

For me I've only needed offline mode when I'm actually away from a good internet connection (i.e. school, cafe, etc.).  Just disable your internet when launching Steam, assuming your games are up-to-date/downloaded 100% and you have your account credentials saved.  Bam, offline mode.  That's how I do it.

[Port]

For me, I always have to open Steam when I have internet connection, then let the computer go into hibernation, then resume it later when I need it and have no internet connection.