You're mistaken, anti-cheat (some of them) do work on Linux[1], such as Easy AntiCheat, BattlEye, nProtect GameGuard etc. But not every game using these will wo

You're mistaken, anti-cheat (some of them) do work on Linux[1], such as Easy AntiCheat, BattlEye, nProtect GameGuard etc. But not every game using these will work, since some of them require the developer to enable Linux support - which is usually as simple as ticking a box. Unfortunately, many game studios / publishers don't want to support Linux, for various reasons. Some of them even are even biased against Linux, such as Epic's Tim Sweeny, who has made several unsubstantiated nonsensical claims against Linux. Unfortunately there's not much you can do about these people / studios, besides boycotting their products and services. There's also a second category of anti-cheat (kernel-level), which will never work on Linux, as @p_ing elaborated. I second their opinion that you shouldn't run games which use these, even on Windows. The Crowdstrike incident has shown us how dangerous such programs can be (causing BSODs and instability). Kernel-level anti-cheat programs are even more dangerous, since they monitor everything on your PC, actively sabotages any inspection tools, and protects itself from being uninstalled - which is behaviour very akin to malware/rootkits. You should _never_ install such programs on your PC. Once again, the solution here is to vote with your wallet and boycott games and studios which use such solutions. [1] https://areweanticheatyet.com/ https://areweanticheatyet.com/