While not mentioned anywhere on the requirements either on here or on the game system requirements site linked to in the description, this game REQUIRES a Steam account in order to install or play it. This crucial piece of information is only able to be found out after you have purchased the retail version and should be listed more clearly in the product description. Games should NOT require yet another username and password just to play them when they are not even online games! –2 stars for yet another game developer deciding that players must be online in order to use their product.