Players often complain about anti-cheats in games. In particular, because some of them, such as Denuvo, work at the system kernel level and can have a negative impact on game performance. Steam has listened to players and developers who want to report their anti-chits right away and added a note to the game pages.
“We’ve heard from more and more developers recently that they’re looking for the right way to share anti-cheat information about their game with players. At the same time, players have been requesting more transparency around the anti-cheat services used in games, as well as the existence of any additional software that will be installed within the game,” Steam said in a statement.
From now on, when players visit the game’s Steam page, they will be able to immediately see information about the anti-cheat used and whether it requires access to the system kernel. Developers will be obliged to report that their anti-cheat works at the kernel level, but if the anti-cheat works only in the client or is server-based, it will not be necessary to add a corresponding note.
Developers will also have to inform players that uninstalling their game will not remove all installed files. In particular, this applies to older games, the developers of which must update their project pages on Steam and inform players that even after uninstalling the game, some anti-cheat files, especially those that modify OS kernel files, remain on the system.
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