Now just hang on a cotton-darn minute...

[Tidybeard]

...Steam is unavailable, so Empire won't load. I only want to play my Russia campaign. I don't want to go online. This is wrong. Can I work around this somehow?

[Erik3E]

...Steam is unavailable, so Empire won't load. I only want to play my Russia campaign. I don't want to go online. This is wrong. Can I work around this somehow?

Press the steam button in the left topp corner and and then find the "go offline..." button and your steam will restart in offline mode.

[Tidybeard]

Thanks!