You can tell steam on any given game not to keep your games up to date so it won't start the auto update whenever you have an internet connection. I don't understand why no one else has brought this up. The auto update is an option, not a requirement unless it's an online multiplayer game, in which case you need it to play anyway.
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You can tell steam on any given game not to keep your games up to date so it won't start the auto update whenever you have an internet connection. I don't understand why no one else has brought this up. The auto update is an option, not a requirement unless it's an online multiplayer game, in which case you need it to play anyway.