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Question about Steam?

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/question-about-steam.137584/

furious_gamer
furious_gamer Original post #1
Mar 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM
If you purchase games from Steam, will they provide you the game files or installation files?

Why i am asking this is because, once i purchased the game, then i can store the backup and use it whenever i need?
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varunb #2
Mar 5, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Steam doesn't provides you any installation files, setup files, etc. It directly installs the game & those dlls, exe files necessary to run the game. If you want to make a backup, then the Backup option is just a right click away.
skeletor
Mar 5, 2011 at 1:31 PM
Download the game through Steam. Steam will "install" it automatically.

You can take back-ups and store on your hard-drive or burn on DVDs.

But yes, you need to be logged into Steam to play games. Offline mode is also there.

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