How to play Steam games with no internet?

Sometimes my internet gets shut off, when this happens and I start steam up it will say "updating steam" and never load so I can't play any offline games. Is there any way around this?

There is currently no way to play official steam games without internet. And most probably there won't be in a future.. You have to watch weather forecasts, forsee the geological disruptions, watch closely constrution yards in area where are cables/signal to your provider, also check how your provider is routing you to the internet so you can turn into and offline mode in advance..

...they probly expect that world won't collapse or something ;)

Steam sux... You can only play in offline mode for a limited time...-GeordiLaForge-

You're jokeing right? Ive played Max Payne one and two through steam (offline) for countless hours. Havent had a single problem. Ive even played CSS offline with bots on extreme.

Sometimes my internet gets shut off, when this happens and I start steam up it will say "updating steam" and never load so I can't play any offline games. Is there any way around this?

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