Overwatch can run without the BNet launcher. The BNet launcher only takes care of the auth stuff for you, meaning you do need to manually log in if you don't us

Overwatch can run without the BNet launcher. The BNet launcher only takes care of the auth stuff for you, meaning you do need to manually log in if you don't use BNet. But it was confirmed that OW will be launched directly through Steam https://twitter.com/Qwik/status/1681720303389667328 https://twitter.com/Qwik/status/1681720303389667328 (if you need to manually log in with a BNet account after, or just link your account and it auto does that is a different question)