Definitely a problem Valve need to solve with the Steam Deck is forced game updates. For single player games especially, you shouldn’t be forced to update to play.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/zvsdn1/valve_please_let_us_launch_without_updating_if/

Valve please let us launch without updating. If the game is single player this sucks to find out before a flight

Posted in r/SteamDeck by u/MickRaider • 263 points and 53 comments

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It is a huge pain, if you take the deck on the go, just to realize you can't play your favourite games until you have a connection again.