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

Thanks to a recent update, Grand Theft Auto 5 and Grand Theft Auto Online can't be played on the Steam Deck.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

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,

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

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

Surprisingly, Rockstar have now added BattlEye anti-cheat to Grand Theft Auto V, and sadly it seems they have not enabled the support for Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Valve's Proton.

The addition of BattlEye anti-cheat to GTA has made the game incompatible with the Steam Deck. Steam Deck players can no longer access the GTA Online portion of the game. Rockstar is blaming Valve, despite other BattlEye games being compatible with the platform.