Anti-cheat update leaves GTA Online’s Steam Deck players out in the cold

Enlarge / Artist’s conception of what used to be possible, before BattlEye ruined things.

Last week, Rockstar added BattlEye support to Grand Theft Auto V, offering some much-needed anti-cheat protection for the game’s highly successful GTA Online multiplayer mode. That anti-cheat support wasn’t welcome news for Steam Deck players, though, who now get confronted with an error when trying to log in to GTA Online.

According to Valve, though, Rockstar could solve this minor technical issue with a single email.

In both a Steam Community update and a Rockstar Support FAQ, the developer notes that “Steam Deck does not support BattlEye for GTA Online. You will be able to play GTAV Story Mode but unable to play GTA Online.” As such, GTA V‘s Steam page now lists the game as “Unsupported” for Steam Deck users, because “the game’s anti-cheat is not configured to support Steam Deck.”