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[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone -1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Ok gimme am example of a game that you can launch directly then. All the ones I tried didn't work

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

Risk of Rain (the original), last I checked worked without steam. You just need to delete or relocate the steam_api dll file.