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1 person found this review helpful
22.2 hrs on record (17.5 hrs at review time)
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Posted 3 January.
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1 person found this review helpful
53.4 hrs on record (28.6 hrs at review time)
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Posted 3 January.
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1 person found this review helpful
30.2 hrs on record (1.8 hrs at review time)
The Truth About The Kernel Anti-Cheat - tl;dr its safe

Loads of steam reviews are bombing the game, because of the anti-cheat the claims are as follows:

ACE continues to run when the game is not running.
ACE continues to be installed when removing the game.
ACE is spying on people.

User u/TheSpaceFace on Reddit has done some independent research of this anti-cheat and he can conclude all three statements are false.

ACE does not run when the game is not running

You can check the services in CMD Prompt by typing

sc query ACE-BASE
sc query ACE-GAME
sc query "AntiCheatExpert Service"

All the drivers and programs remain stopped when the game is not running. There is no service which is secretly running, if the service is not running then its not spying on people when they are not in game.

I should note that other anti-cheats such as Easy Anti-Cheat and Battleeye and RIOTs Vanguard (All of these are Kernel level, actually run when your not playing the game, so this anti-cheat is better for privacy)

ACE continues to be installed when removing the game.

This is also false, I have tested on two machines and removing the game also removes the anti-cheat for me. Its possible that people who are reporting it not being removed have another game installed which requires this anti-cheat.

We should also point out when you uninstall Valorant their kernel anti-cheat does not automatically remove itself, this isn't an uncommon practice but from my testing ACE does get removed when you uninstall the game. If its not being removed its clearly a bug in the uninstall process, even if it doesn't get removed due to this bug the above shows that the service does absolutley nothing when the game isn't running.

ACE is spying on people

I cannot prove or disprove this, but there is also no real proof it is either. If you try and process monitor a Kernel Level anti-cheat it bans you. One thing I would say is we need to put this in context.

The gaming industry doesn't exist in isolation. Many companies and technologies collect data, often in ways users aren't fully aware of... literally you'll have apps on your computers now which are collecting your private data, even Windows itself is doing this.

Kernel Level anti-cheats are super common and some are more aggresive than others, like I said above ACE isn't actually running when the game is shut down unlike Valorant's RIOT Vanguard which runs when you switch your PC on and doesn't ever remove itself unless you manually delete it.

tl;dr I cannot say for sure, but if you play literally any of these games they all have Kernel Level Anti-cheat, most of these anti-cheats are owned by Chinese companies too.

Valorant (Always runs even when your not in game)
Escape From Tarkov (Always runs even when your not in game)
PUBG (Always runs even when your not in game)
Arma 3 (Always runs even when your not in game)
Call of Duty (Only runs when your playing the game)
Fornite (Only runs when your playing the game)
Apex Legends (Only runs when your playing the game)
Delta Force (Only runs when your playing the game)

My point is if people are really concerned about Kernel Level anti-cheat spying in this game, they wouldn't play any other popular games.
Posted 5 December, 2024.
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1 person found this review funny
16.7 hrs on record
Jackie Chan Simulator.
Posted 20 November, 2024. Last edited 4 December, 2024.
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2 people found this review helpful
1.6 hrs on record
Early Access Review
Gameplay saborosa e temática cativante.
MUITO potêncial.
Posted 24 September, 2024.
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2 people found this review helpful
93.3 hrs on record (75.2 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
Té que é baum!
Posted 15 May, 2024.
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1 person found this review helpful
84.3 hrs on record (54.5 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
Yes!
Posted 22 April, 2024.
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1 person found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
1.5 hrs on record (0.5 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
Escape from Stardew Pripyat!
Posted 5 February, 2023.
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1 person found this review helpful
37.0 hrs on record (13.6 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
Basically an Vampire Survivors 2.
If you liked that one, there's no way you won't like this.
Already lots of content, even on this early access stage.
Posted 26 December, 2022.
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11 people found this review helpful
0.0 hrs on record
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Posted 18 December, 2022.
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