What? Because discussions where deleted and therefore have to be unavailable, is that steam rule? Wow, is there a logical reason for this?

@かぐや
I had to remove the link to the video due to reverse engineering discussion being banned on Steam but if anyone's interested, it's been posted on the Discord server too.

A long time ago, Humble used to have really interesting deals. Now it's mainly used to offload unsold goods.

Also man, I am saving a lot of money on Humble Bundle with all of their Denuvo titles they keep dropping. This month has *two*. Sonic Frontiers and Etrian Odyssey II. Shame because it has some really good games otherwise, but at least Denuvo is making me save money. So... thanks Denvuo!

@Amaterasu I know. But it's not in Crisis Core and they *do* remove it at least. So I can walk away and wait for a few months and then get it.

@Amaterasu Square Enix implemented denuvo in their last cashgrab, sorry to be the guy with bad news:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/app/2893570

They seem to remove it after a while, but the way they go is already bad.

@Pillman And this is why I don't buy Ubisoft games. I mean for all the boneheaded moves Square Enix makes, at least if my internet goes out for any reason, I can still play Crisis Core.

According to PCGamingWiki's page about Skull and Bones it says:

"All versions require Ubisoft Connect, Denuvo Anti-Tamper, and VMProtect DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes."

Woodie, it seems the Denuvo warning is gone from the store page. I'll investigate at some point early in the next year.

@lukaself Geez I didn't even know they said this, hopefully this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ business decision will be overturned with all the complaints people have with Denuvo, since they have backtracked on it before like when they tried sneaking it into Sonic Mania

I don’t think Skull and Bones uses Denuvo, considering the executable size is only 72 Megabytes. and it doesn’t look to be hiding inside of any DLL files

Like Project Diva Megamix+ which Sega doesn’t own the IP and Sega being themselves haven’t removed Denuvo from yet.

Despite pretty much all negative reviews for it being performance issues likely caused by Denuvo.

They all but confirmed it when they started delisting games that still had Denuvo. They're anti-preservation. I shared that earlier this year:
"During the SIGGRAPH convention in 2024, SEGA admitted they didn't know how many games they owned the rights to. [images.timeextension.com] Yosuke Okunari confirmed that cataloguing only really started in 2023 and that SEGA had absolutely no policy towards preservation before that.

Basically, you can consider anything SEGA produced before 2024 as lost media already. "

@Amaterasu I wouldn't be surprised honestly

@Asillyhat SEGA seems to be of the mind where they would rather go bankrupt and kill ALL their games... before considering the possibility of removing Denuvo.

I'm really hoping SEGA will ditch denuvo for Yakuza & Sonic titles, they did ditch it when it came with Sonic Mania Plus

fingers crossed less games with drms in future is a continuing trend :)
and happy christmas too :)

It seems to be going that way.
In 2023, 53 new games launched with Denuvo.
In 2024, that dropped to 43.
In 2025, it’s down to 30.

At the same time, Denuvo was removed from 15 games in 2024 and 22 games in 2025. You have an explosive growth of the video game market (19k games released on Steam this year) and online DRM solutions such as Denuvo keep shrinking.

Hopefully the new year will have less games with Denuvo and more removals haha 😁

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

I'm wishing everyone an excellent end of year!

In any case, thanks for the heads up! @JetPackAndButlers

They added it back? Would you look at that... the Astragon wannabe also imitates their inane DRM practices.

https://steamdb.info/depot/2604481/ City Transport Simulator added Denuvo back

@Pillman I still ignore their games even when they remove Denuvo because they replace it with Enigma. They're still treating me like a criminal even though I'm a paying customer and pirates have a better experience. I won't pirate their games but there's no way I'm supporting them. Capcom is run by fools.

@Pillman I stopped purchasing any games from crapcom after they started introducing enigma even in older releases which didn't have it in the beginning. It's up to you how much you entrust your machine to a company (crapcom) that resorted to put actual rootkits in their past releases.

Speaking of Capcom,do you guys buy their games if/when they remove Denuvo,even though it's replaced by Enigma ? Or just ignore them still ?

https://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/3500390/Mega_Man_Star_Force_Legacy_Collection/

Here it is. Has Denuvo. Oh well, shame. These are some pretty good games.

Speaking of Denuvo, Mega Man Star Force Collection will use it. Stated on the store page, Classic Capcom, Classic...

After 10 years, better late than never i suppose.
Mention of Denuvo was removed from the store page so thats confirmation

A surprise for sure, although a welcome one. I would love to know who cared enough to come back and hit the switch so I know where to send the chocolates.

Just Cause 3 removed Denuvo!

Just Cause 3 just removed Denuvo, better late than ever i suppose

Hahaha, you got that right

City Transport Simulator just removed Denuvo in its latest update. and i’m sure nobody noticed

I'm waiting to see if Ace Combat 8 will have Denuvo. With how Bandai Namco has been acting, it's a safe bet.

I think it's pretty much a given with SEGA. All the other Total War Warhammer titles still have Denuvo but thanks for bringing that title to our attention.

I think Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 it's just a matter of time to see the DENUVO tag pop in.. It's SEGA ! But, will see.

Pragmata has Denuvo… of course it does, it’s from Capcom

Thanks for the heads up. Thread is up there - feel free to contribute, there's always a chance all the company needs to give up on using Denuvo is a little push: https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/app/4115450/discussions/0/691995483855428955/

https://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/4115450/Phantom_Blade_Zero/

Phantom Blade Zero Steam page is up, Denuvo confirmed cuz of course

Total War Three Kingdoms and Pharaoh Dynasties are coming to GOG DRM Free, and Sega being Sega they aren't going to remove Denuvo from the Steam versions, just like Yakuza Like a Dragon did.

Well that's disappointing. It's a game that I've wanted to purchase, but had written off due to Denuvo. With its new publisher removing it, I thought I'd finally be able to.

But I won't support any 3rd party DRM, and a mystery custom one makes me even more uncomfortable. Because I don't know what it's doing, how it might restrict me, or if it may simply stop working altogether one day in the future.

Oh well. My backlog is big enough as it is. I'll live.

The "Solution" being a custom DRM wrapped in VMProtect, found when searching through the game executable.

Thanks for keeping an eye out.
That Krafton announcement is clear as mud and implies that they believe DRM helps.
A few posters have already confirmed that they replaced Denuvo with their own in-house solution. It remains to be seen whether it will have any adverse effects.

Denuvo support for the PC version of Hi-Fi RUSH is scheduled to end at 00:00(KST) on January 16, 2026. Please note that even after Denuvo is removed, the game’s own anti-tampering features will remain active and will not affect normal gameplay.

This adjustment is intended to provide a more stable and efficient service environment. We sincerely appreciate all players who continue to support the game through legitimate use.

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/games/1817230/announcements/detail/542250073650626841

An update was just pushed out for Hi-Fi Rush to reflect Krafton as its new publisher. SteamDB reports the executable decreasing in size by 316.93 MiB. I believe Denuvo has finally been removed.

@GORDAO: Yes. And like every EA sports title, the whole point is planned obsolescence: they have no intention to ever remove it and will delist those games in order to push you towards the more recent, more expensive versions they release every year.