You don't have to access Steam's servers to play - there's a thing called "offline mode"[1]
Steam does not have region locks. If they did, people still wouldn't complain about the original point of DRM etc the people who have access to Netflix, don't complain about their DRM.
Steam does have region lock capability. Check steamdb.info for game based info, but basically they either lock the game to the region or lock gifting to the region for games with region locking.
Steam does not have region locks. If they did, people still wouldn't complain about the original point of DRM etc the people who have access to Netflix, don't complain about their DRM.
[1] https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3160-agc...