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Name	Status	Updated	Anti-cheat
Broken Arrow	Works	2025-11-18 10:21:43	Broken Arrow Anti-Cheat System , Easy Anti-Cheat
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage	Reports Needed	2025-11-12 11:35:03	Easy Anti-Cheat
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road	Works	2025-11-10 18:08:39	Easy Anti-Cheat
Chivalry 2	Works	2025-10-30 18:32:44	Easy Anti-Cheat
ARC Raiders Notes: Proton Experimental appears to be needed right now.	Works	2025-10-30 11:29:50	Easy Anti-Cheat
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Name	Status	Developer	Anti-cheat
7 Days to Die	Works	The Fun Pimps	Easy Anti-Cheat
Albion Online Last update: 2024-11-25 18:20:28	Works	Sandbox Interactive	BattlEye
Apex Legends Last update: 2025-02-24 13:25:33	Broken	Electronic Arts, Respawn Entertainment	Easy Anti-Cheat
ARC Raiders Last update: 2025-10-30 11:29:50 Notes: Proton Experimental appears to be needed right now.	Works	Embark Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
Arena Breakout: Infinite Last update: 2025-09-12 09:33:24	Broken	Morefun Studios	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
ARK: Survival Ascended	Works	Studio Wildcard	BattlEye
ARK: Survival Evolved	Works	Studio Wildcard	BattlEye
Arma 3 Last update: 2024-11-21 10:50:44	Works	Bohemia Interactive	BattlEye
Back 4 Blood	Works	Turtle Rock Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
BattleBit Remastered Last update: 2025-08-06 15:00:21	Works	SgtOkiDoki	Easy Anti-Cheat
Battlefield 1 Last update: 2024-11-26 15:54:14	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
Battlefield 2042	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
Battlefield 3 Last update: 2025-05-07 16:55:34 Notes: Playable if you manually update PunkBuster.	Broken	Electronic Arts	PunkBuster
Battlefield 4 Last update: 2025-07-01 15:15:20 Notes: Playable if you manually update PunkBuster.	Broken	Electronic Arts	PunkBuster
Battlefield 6 Last update: 2025-08-01 10:58:16	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
Battlefield V	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
Black Desert	Works	Pearl Abyss	XIGNCODE3
Block N Load Last update: 2025-05-07 17:03:31	Broken	Toadman Interactive	Easy Anti-Cheat
Blue Archive Last update: 2025-07-04 08:48:56	Works	NEXON	Nexon Game Security
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Last update: 2025-10-20 10:12:42 Notes: You need GE-Proton 10-21 at a minimum to play it.	Works	Shanghai Bokura Network Technology Co.Ltd, A Plus	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
Breachers Last update: 2025-10-06 10:05:23	Broken	Triangle Factory	Easy Anti-Cheat
Broken Arrow Last update: 2025-11-18 10:21:43	Works	Steel Balalaika	Broken Arrow Anti-Cheat System , Easy Anti-Cheat
Caliber Last update: 2025-05-06 09:14:39	Works	1C Game Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
Call of Duty 2 Last update: 2025-05-07 18:31:40	Works	Activision	PunkBuster
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) Last update: 2024-11-25 11:11:08	Works	Activision, Infinity Ward	PunkBuster
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Last update: 2025-01-13 16:48:13	Works	Activision	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6	Broken	Activision	RICOCHET Anti-Cheat
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Last update: 2025-08-07 15:58:14	Broken	Activision, Treyarch	RICOCHET Anti-Cheat
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Last update: 2024-11-25 11:02:37	Broken	Activision, Treyarch	Treyarch Anti-Cheat
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Last update: 2024-11-25 11:04:00	Works	Treyarch, Activision	Treyarch Anti-Cheat
Call of Duty: Ghosts Last update: 2024-11-25 11:08:57	Works	Activision, Infinity Ward	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Last update: 2024-11-25 11:05:39	Works	Activision, Infinity Ward	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) Last update: 2024-11-25 10:59:47	Broken	Activision	RICOCHET Anti-Cheat
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) Last update: 2024-11-25 11:12:25	Works	Infinity Ward, Activision	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023)	Broken	Activision	RICOCHET Anti-Cheat
Call of Duty: Warzone	Broken	Activision	RICOCHET Anti-Cheat
CarX Street Last update: 2025-06-23 11:58:15	Works	CarX Technologies, LLC	Easy Anti-Cheat
Chivalry 2 Last update: 2025-10-30 18:32:44	Works	Torn Banner Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
Combat Arms: Reloaded Last update: 2025-08-06 15:08:51	Broken	VALOFE	nProtect GameGuard
Conan Exiles Last update: 2024-11-25 18:27:11	Works	Funcom	BattlEye
Contractors Showdown : ExfilZone Last update: 2025-10-07 09:49:18	Broken	Caveman Studio	Easy Anti-Cheat
Counter-Strike Last update: 2024-11-26 15:43:27	Works	Valve	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Counter-Strike 2	Works	Valve	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Counter-Strike: Source Last update: 2024-11-25 18:23:05	Works	Valve	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Crossout Last update: 2025-07-25 17:42:57	Works	Targem Games, Gaijin Network Ltd	BattlEye
CRSED: Cuisine Royale Last update: 2025-05-16 10:04:09	Broken	Darkflow Software, Gaijin Network Ltd	BattlEye
Dark and Darker	Works	IRONMACE	Ironshield
Dauntless Last update: 2024-12-05 19:16:08	Works	Phoenix Labs	Easy Anti-Cheat
Day of Defeat: Source Last update: 2024-12-12 10:20:23	Works	Valve	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
DayZ	Works	Bohemia Interactive	BattlEye
Dead by Daylight	Works	Behaviour Interactive Inc.	Easy Anti-Cheat
Deadlock	Works	Valve	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Deadside Last update: 2025-08-06 15:11:04	Broken	Bad Pixel	BattlEye
Delta Force (2024) Last update: 2025-04-29 08:15:51	Steam Deck / SteamOS only	TiMi Studio Group, Team Jade	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
Destiny 2	Broken	Bungie	BattlEye
Digimon Masters Online Last update: 2024-11-25 10:56:21	Broken	Move Games Co., Ltd., MOVE ON USA CO.	XIGNCODE3
Dirty Bomb Last update: 2024-11-25 10:54:57	Broken	Splash Damage	Easy Anti-Cheat
Dota 2	Works	Valve	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
DRAGON BALL FighterZ Last update: 2024-11-22 17:49:33	Broken	Arc System Works	Easy Anti-Cheat
DUCKSIDE Last update: 2025-04-09 16:00:05	Broken	tinyBuild	BattlEye
Due Process Last update: 2025-02-24 11:33:43	Works	Giant Enemy Crab	Easy Anti-Cheat
Dune: Awakening Last update: 2025-05-12 07:51:55	Works	Funcom	BattlEye
Dying Light Last update: 2024-11-26 15:52:36	Works	Techland	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
EA SPORTS FC 24 Last update: 2024-11-25 18:21:50	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
EA SPORTS FC 25	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
EA SPORTS FC 26 Last update: 2025-09-18 10:01:53	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
EA SPORTS FIFA 23 Last update: 2024-11-26 15:59:19	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25 Last update: 2025-05-07 17:24:32	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
EA SPORTS Madden NFL 26 Last update: 2025-05-07 17:20:11	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
EA SPORTS WRC Last update: 2025-04-30 17:06:04	Broken	Codemasters, Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
eFootball Last update: 2024-11-26 15:48:41	Works	KONAMI	Denuvo Anti-Cheat
ELDEN RING	Works	FromSoftware, Inc.	Easy Anti-Cheat
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN Last update: 2025-05-29 12:51:39	Works	FromSoftware, Inc.	Easy Anti-Cheat
Enlisted Last update: 2024-11-22 17:52:06	Works	Darkflow Software	BattlEye
Escape from Tarkov Last update: 2024-11-19 18:02:02	Broken	Battlestate Games	BattlEye
Eternal Return Last update: 2025-08-06 14:57:49	Works	Nimble Neuron	XIGNCODE3
EVERYBODY'S GOLF HOT SHOTS Last update: 2025-09-04 10:23:11	Works	BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment	Easy Anti-Cheat
Evil Dead: The Game Last update: 2025-05-01 07:27:21	Broken	Saber Interactive	Easy Anti-Cheat
F1 24 Last update: 2024-11-26 15:56:15	Broken	Electronic Arts, Codemasters	EA Javelin Anticheat
F1 25 Last update: 2025-05-07 10:44:19	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
Fall Guys Last update: 2024-12-05 13:22:26	Works	Mediatonic	Easy Anti-Cheat
FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time Last update: 2025-05-21 14:42:44	Works	LEVEL5 Inc.	Easy Anti-Cheat
Farlight 84 Last update: 2025-10-17 09:47:26	Broken	Farlight Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
Fate Trigger Last update: 2025-08-04 16:53:38	Broken	Saroasis Studios	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
FOR HONOR Last update: 2024-11-25 10:46:01	Works	Ubisoft	Easy Anti-Cheat
Forefront Last update: 2025-10-28 10:11:09	Broken	Triangle Factory	Easy Anti-Cheat
Fortnite	Broken	Epic Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
Fortune Avenue Last update: 2025-04-25 13:15:47	Works		Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
FragPunk Last update: 2025-03-07 09:54:06	Works	Bad Guitar Studio	NEAC Protect
FREEDOM WARS Remastered Last update: 2025-10-03 15:15:08	Works	BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment	Easy Anti-Cheat
Gears of War: Reloaded Last update: 2025-06-12 08:30:18	Works	Xbox Game Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
Genshin Impact Last update: 2025-05-19 19:18:50 Notes: The developer has never expressed support, but it has worked for a long time.	Works	Cognosphere / HoYoverse	miHoYo Protect
Goose Goose Duck Last update: 2025-03-27 15:51:08	Works	Gaggle Studios, Inc.	Easy Anti-Cheat
Grand Theft Auto V	Single Player Only	Rockstar Games	BattlEye
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced Last update: 2025-03-04 14:42:24	Single Player Only	Rockstar Games	BattlEye
Gray Zone Warfare Last update: 2025-07-07 09:26:34 Notes: There's been some reports of potential bans on Linux but it seems they will unban if you contact their support.	Works	MADFINGER Games, a.s.	Easy Anti-Cheat
Halo Infinite	Works	Xbox Game Studios, 343 Industries	Arbiter, Easy Anti-Cheat
Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Works	Xbox Game Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions Last update: 2024-12-21 11:49:45	Works	Unbroken Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
Hell Let Loose Last update: 2024-11-25 10:47:27	Works	Team17	Easy Anti-Cheat
HELLDIVERS 2	Works	Arrowhead Game Studios, PlayStation Publishing LLC	nProtect GameGuard
Heroes of Valor Last update: 2025-06-12 11:31:55	Works	Fancy Cat Interactive	Unknown
Honkai Impact 3rd Last update: 2025-04-29 09:44:39	Broken	COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD.	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged Last update: 2025-05-07 17:14:37	Works	Milestone S.r.l.	Easy Anti-Cheat
Hunt: Showdown 1896 Last update: 2025-08-06 09:38:35	Works	Crytek	Easy Anti-Cheat
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road Last update: 2025-11-10 18:08:39	Works	LEVEL5 Inc.	Easy Anti-Cheat
Infinity Nikki Last update: 2025-04-29 07:40:35 Notes: It might only work on Steam Deck LCD, not the Steam Deck OLED.	Steam Deck / SteamOS only	Infold Games	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
Insurgency Last update: 2025-01-02 20:47:27	Works	New World Interactive	BattlEye
Insurgency: Sandstorm Last update: 2024-11-19 18:03:16	Works	New World Interactive	Easy Anti-Cheat
Ironsight Last update: 2024-11-25 10:51:25	Works	WipleGames Inc.	Easy Anti-Cheat
Lambda Fortress Last update: 2025-05-27 21:06:08	Works	CoaXioN	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
League of Legends	Broken	Riot Games	Vanguard
Left 4 Dead 2	Works	Valve	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Longvinter Last update: 2025-02-24 13:24:11	Works	Uuvana Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
Lost Ark Last update: 2025-07-16 11:24:56	Works	Amazon Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
MapleStory Last update: 2025-06-03 16:33:47	Broken	NEXON Korea Corporation	Nexon Game Security
Marvel Rivals Last update: 2024-12-06 10:30:48 Notes: Desktop Linux currently needs to use "SteamDeck=1 %command%" as a launch argument to run.	Works	NetEase Games	NEAC Protect
Mecha BREAK Last update: 2025-06-26 11:26:27	Steam Deck / SteamOS only	Amazing Seasun Games	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
Mini Royale Last update: 2025-03-28 13:38:07	Works	IndigoBlue	Easy Anti-Cheat
MIR4	Broken	Wemade	nProtect GameGuard
Monstrum 2 Last update: 2025-05-07 17:00:08	Broken	Team Junkfish	Easy Anti-Cheat
Mordhau Last update: 2025-08-06 15:14:25	Works	Triternion	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Last update: 2025-01-13 17:02:32	Works	TaleWorlds Entertainment	BattlEye
MY HERO ULTRA RUMBLE Last update: 2025-05-07 17:11:19	Works	BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment	Easy Anti-Cheat
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT	Works	24 Entertainment	NEAC Protect
New World: Aeternum	Works	Amazon Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
Once Human	Works	Starry Studio	Unknown
Outriders Last update: 2025-01-02 20:44:53	Works	People Can Fly	Easy Anti-Cheat
Overwatch 2	Works	Blizzard Entertainment	Warden
Paladins Last update: 2024-11-18 13:09:56	Broken	Evil Mojo Games, Hi-Rez Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
Pavlov Last update: 2025-05-07 18:35:45	Works		Easy Anti-Cheat
PlanetSide 2 Last update: 2024-11-21 10:53:49	Works	Rogue Planet Games	BattlEye
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 Last update: 2024-11-21 10:56:04	Broken	PopCap, Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville Last update: 2025-07-01 15:34:21	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
Predator: Hunting Grounds Last update: 2025-10-14 14:46:39	Works	IllFonic	Easy Anti-Cheat
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS	Broken	PUBG Corporation	BattlEye
Realm Royale Reforged Last update: 2024-11-21 10:52:34	Broken	Heroic Leap Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
REMATCH Last update: 2025-05-29 16:02:14	Works	Sloclap	Easy Anti-Cheat
Riders Republic Last update: 2025-05-07 16:49:44	Works	Ubisoft	BattlEye
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Last update: 2024-11-25 10:48:47	Broken	Tripwire Interactive	Easy Anti-Cheat
Roblox Last update: 2025-01-02 20:40:43	Broken	Roblox Corporation	Hyperion
Rogue Company Last update: 2024-11-19 18:04:47	Works	First Watch Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
Rust Last update: 2024-11-19 18:00:38	Broken	Facepunch Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
SCUM	Broken	Gamepires	Easy Anti-Cheat
Sea of Thieves Last update: 2024-11-25 20:22:30	Works	Xbox Game Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat
skate. Last update: 2025-07-15 21:49:54	Broken	Electronic Arts	EA Javelin Anticheat
Skull and Bones Last update: 2025-01-13 16:49:26	Works	Ubisoft	BattlEye
SMITE 2	Works	Titan Forge Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
Sonic Rumble Last update: 2025-04-03 09:17:57	Works	SEGA	Uncheater
SoulWorker Last update: 2025-08-06 15:06:10	Works	VALOFE	nProtect GameGuard
Splitgate 2 Last update: 2025-05-27 10:15:06	Works	1047 Games	RedKard
Squad	Works	Offworld	Easy Anti-Cheat
Squad 44 Last update: 2025-03-28 12:36:06	Works	Offworld	Easy Anti-Cheat
STALCRAFT: X Last update: 2025-04-25 11:48:28	Works	EXBO	EXens
Star Citizen Last update: 2025-08-06 09:58:45 Notes: While the anti-cheat is enabled, you may need to still do some manual bits to make the game run.	Works	Cloud Imperium	Easy Anti-Cheat
Starship Troopers: Extermination Last update: 2025-05-07 17:49:28	Works	Offworld	Easy Anti-Cheat
STEEL HUNTERS Last update: 2025-04-30 09:45:58	Works	Wargaming Group Limited	Easy Anti-Cheat
SUPERVIVE Last update: 2025-06-03 16:24:56	Broken	Theorycraft Games, NetEase Games	NEAC Protect
SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris Last update: 2025-01-13 16:55:56	Broken	BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment	Easy Anti-Cheat
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Last update: 2025-01-13 16:57:59	Broken	BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment	Easy Anti-Cheat
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens Last update: 2025-01-13 16:46:31	Works	Chris McFarland	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Team Fortress 2	Works	Valve	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)
Teamfight Tactics Last update: 2025-05-07 17:51:13	Broken	Riot Games	Vanguard
The Crew 2 Last update: 2024-11-25 10:52:41	Broken	Ubisoft, Ivory Tower	BattlEye
The Crew Motorfest Last update: 2025-08-15 09:49:12 Notes: Currently needs Proton Experimental.	Works	Ubisoft	BattlEye
THE FINALS Last update: 2025-10-23 10:24:35 Notes: The game regularly breaks after updates. Currently it needs Proton Experimental.	Works	Embark Studios	Easy Anti-Cheat, Denuvo Anti-Cheat
The First Descendant Last update: 2024-11-26 15:50:00	Works	NEXON	Easy Anti-Cheat
The Midnight Walkers Last update: 2025-09-24 15:37:06	Broken	Oneway Ticket Studio	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
The Outlast Trials Last update: 2025-10-21 16:07:28	Works	Red Barrels	Easy Anti-Cheat
THRONE AND LIBERTY	Works	NCSOFT, Amazon Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Last update: 2025-06-03 16:28:34	Broken	Ubisoft	Easy Anti-Cheat
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X	Broken	Ubisoft	BattlEye
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Last update: 2024-11-25 10:49:56	Works	Ubisoft	Easy Anti-Cheat
Tower of Fantasy Last update: 2025-05-12 10:12:36	Works	Hotta Studio	Ksophon
Trials Rising Last update: 2025-01-13 16:53:49	Broken	Ubisoft	Easy Anti-Cheat
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Last update: 2025-07-16 12:58:05	Works	Cygames, Inc.	CrackProof
Unturned	Works	Smartly Dressed Games	BattlEye
VALORANT	Broken	Riot Games	Vanguard
Vigor Last update: 2025-09-11 13:16:27	Works	Bohemia Interactive	Easy Anti-Cheat
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Last update: 2025-11-12 11:35:03	Reports Needed	SEGA	Easy Anti-Cheat
War Thunder Last update: 2025-01-25 12:13:44	Works	Gaijin Entertainment	BattlEye
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Last update: 2024-11-25 18:25:22	Works	Focus Entertainment, Saber Interactive	Easy Anti-Cheat
Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks Last update: 2025-09-03 12:13:44	Works	Wired Productions	Easy Anti-Cheat
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Last update: 2025-03-04 14:21:19 Notes: You need to opt into the "Bypass Launcher" Beta on Steam.	Works	Fatshark	Easy Anti-Cheat
WATCH_DOGS 2 Last update: 2025-06-03 16:30:02	Broken	Ubisoft	Easy Anti-Cheat
Wildgate Last update: 2025-09-18 09:58:39	Works	Moonshot Games	Easy Anti-Cheat
Worms Rumble Last update: 2025-01-02 20:43:09	Broken	Team17	Easy Anti-Cheat
Wuthering Waves Last update: 2025-07-15 15:15:52 Notes: You still need GE-Proton on Desktop Linux or to set a launch option with Proton Experimental, but works out of the box on Steam Deck.	Works	KURO GAMES	Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
Zero Hour Last update: 2024-12-21 11:45:35	Broken	M7 Productions	Denuvo Anti-Cheat