Steam Deck: Rockstar and the GTA5Gate

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2024-09-23 10:30:04

Rockstar Games’ decision to integrate BattlEye anti-cheat software with Grand Theft Auto V on PC has caused issues for Steam Deck users, preventing them from accessing GTA Online multiplayer mode in its entirety.

This means that Steam Deck gamers are currently unable to participate in online sessions or interact with their friends who are playing the game through other platforms. The game has therefore been rated as “Unsupported” on the Steam Deck at the moment, after being Verified for a very long time.

This is also a very late change to the game that was released in 2015. You may wonder, why do so many people seem to care about game that’s now so old. Well, it’s still being played at a very high level. It’s actually among the top10 games that are played online on Steam, even in 2024, right now!

With give or take 70k concurrent players, and a potential share of Linux users between 2 and 3%, this may be something like 2000 Linux gamers directly impacted by the change who were playing the game online until now. If you have a few percents as a vocal minority, you should expect to see it pop online in different places as complaints and compatibility reports, and this is exactly what is surfacing on ProtonDB for example. Note that this does not impact the single player campaign since you can play it as is.