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Forums - Gaming Discussion - PSA: Epic games store doesn't let you play offline. UPDATE: They are working on it!

pokoko said:
No problem with most of this thread, but ... people know Steam is DRM, right? Offline mode is far from some kind of DRM remover and it's certainly not perfect. I've been unable to play a game offline more than a few times. Steam also FORCES you to update games or you can't play at all--well, unless you google a few tricks.

Yeah both Steam and Epic are basically DRM managers. IMO Online-Only DRM is much worse than regular old Launcher DRM. Online-Only threatens to make your game unplayable one day. Which is a glorified rental. An offline mode at least means you can play it on your PC forever (provided you back everything up in case files get corrupted).