Rockstar claims the Steam Deck doesn’t support BattlEye anti-cheat — but that’s not exactly true.

An apparent dispute between Rockstar and Valve has left Grand Theft Auto 5 to be listed as unsupported by Steam Deck.

Grand Theft Auto Online received an update, with the PC port of the crime sim finally getting anti-cheating software. Yet not everyone is happy, as this update has now made it impossible to play GTA Online on Steam Deck.

Grand Theft Auto V ( GTA V), a game that has consistently ranked among the top 20 most-played games on Valve's Steam Deck for over two years, is now listed as "unsupported" by Valve. This unexpected change comes after Rockstar Games,

GTA V has consistently ranked among the top 20 most-played games on the Steam Deck for at least two years, and it even remained in the

You may have noticed that Grand Theft Auto V is no longer verified on Steam Deck. That's seemingly because of the BattlEye new anti-cheat software for GTA Online, which rolled out earlier this week. As Rockstar explains in its official FAQ,