DOOM Eternal removed Denuvo and it plays great on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe - 6 Sep 2023 at 4:25 pm UTC

With all the new amazing games coming out basically every month, lets not forget some slightly older games worth playing. Like DOOM Eternal, that just removed Denuvo Anti-Tamper.

Finally, right? They already removed Denuvo Anti-Cheat back in 2020 but now Denuvo is entirely gone as of the update released September 5th, 2023. So it should work better than ever, although it already did work quite brilliantly before because it was a very optimised game.

Any form of DRM is bad for consumers, so it's nice to see DOOM Eternal set free of the Denuvo curse.

Want to see how it can run on Steam Deck? Here's a quick chatty video below:

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Seriously, the performance on Steam Deck is really impressive. Probably one of the best looking and performing shooters available to play with Proton on Steam Deck by far.

You can buy yourself a copy on Fanatical and Steam.

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Tags: Proton, Steam Deck, DRM, FPS, Steam, Update | Apps: DOOM Eternal

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Smoke39 7 Sep 2023

To their credit, they actually removed DRM, unlike most. Positively neutral praise!
Denuvo gets removed from all games eventually, as it is a subscription model. At some point they won't make enough money on the Stores anymore, to satisfy the high subscription prices of Denuvo. Which is the only real positive part about Denuvo.

If that's true, then Konami must really be dedicated to the thing; Metal Gear Solid V still has it eight years after release.

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StoneColdSpider 7 Sep 2023

To their credit, they actually removed DRM, unlike most. Positively neutral praise!
Denuvo gets removed from all games eventually, as it is a subscription model. At some point they won't make enough money on the Stores anymore, to satisfy the high subscription prices of Denuvo. Which is the only real positive part about Denuvo.
If that's true, then Konami must really be dedicated to the thing; Metal Gear Solid V still has it eight years after release.

Nacons WRC 6 (2016) and WRC 7 (2017) still have Denuvo as well.......

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