That is entirely against the reason that Steam was created in the first place.

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Its high time

I think Valve disagrees.

There are some games that I WANT to wait on the update, until some of my mods have caught up, and been updated as well.

I just have the games set to only update at launch, and I don't launch the games via steam. I have a shortcut on my desktop for them.

The entire purpose of Steam is to keep your games up to date.

And if you don't want to update due to mods you have installed, well first rule of game modding: Game updates will cause your mods to break.

Great suggestion, this NEEDS to come.

Nah the entire reason for Valve/Steam is called (Control).

Create shortcut to exe and run from that. AFAIK that shouldn't result in the game updating.

I mentioned this a while ago. I agree.. I do however understand that some games need that patch to fix issues or like many Early access games update. The best advice I can give for now is to have a 2nd device with all your games on it and do not connect to the internet with it. The update to promote a DLC should be our choice.

Go talk to the game devs, encourage them to use the system that allows them to upload multiple branches/builds.

I think it's one of GOG’s features and not something that aligns with Steam’s approach.

Also, there are a lot of issues with having such a feature.
First of all, you will get an experience that wasn’t planned to be delivered by the authors of the game (unfixed bugs, broken mechanics).

it is absolutely not technically possible for online games.
Older versions of your game will not work with the current version of the server, roughly speaking.
Also, anti-cheat restrictions and security enhancements are implemented with updates.
So, if there was a security vulnerability in a previous version, no responsible developer will want you to launch it.

If you want to run earlier versions of the games and it is crucial to you — check out if the game you want to play is on GOG.

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Essential feature ,Its high time

Odd plead considering when you created your account you were perfectly fine with updates that you agreed to.

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Times change and Valve has changed, and the use cases and needs for this specific feature continue to grow. It is inarguably a valid feature request.