Will steam workshop download mods while playing a game?

I am installing a few big mods for skyrim, and I don't want to wait for them to finish. Can I start playing the game and expect them to still be downloaded, so that when I restart the game later on they appear in the data list?

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Yes they will download in the background.

The only reasons mods wouldn't download is if you play a game which uses more that a specific bandwidth which steam sets.

Skyrim is an offline game aswell so they should download fine in the background.