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[-] Toucanadian@piefed.ca 0 points 3 months ago

So what does it mean to buy a DRM-free game on Steam? Can I download and play it separate from the Steam client?

[-] Blaiz0r@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

You can download the game via steam but then run it from the application file directly without using Steam.

There is also a command line tool for downloading Steam games

[-] cloudskater@pawb.social 1 points 3 months ago

Please link this command line tool, I neeeeed it lol

[-] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD

This is used pretty often with the dedicated servers.

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