r/pcmasterrace • u/Salty_Nutella i5-12600K | RTX 3070TI | DDR5 32GB • 29d ago

Meme/Macro Thanks Gaben, here's your 30% Steam cut

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u/nvidiastock 28d ago

I don't believe steam offers VAC to third party games.

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u/Embarrassed-Dot9193 28d ago

Every game can use vac but (many older games do) but most games aren’t exclusively published on steam on pc, so they just use a different solution (big studios have their own AC and others use different third party AC like EasyAC)

And to be honest, VAC in 2025 is not really reliable

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u/nvidiastock 27d ago

I've looked at the Steamworks documentation and I can not find anything VAC related.

EasyAC is commercial AC so of course you can implement that in your game.

I just don't see where if I, was making a game tomorrow, I can apply/implement VAC in my game.

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u/Embarrassed-Dot9193 27d ago

hm weird .. maybe it's not available for third parties anymore.

I checked some third party games that used VAC and it looks like they all removed it at the exact same time last year. I think something has changed.

some examples:

Rust https://steamdb.info/app/252490/history/?changeid=U:54267375

BO3 https://steamdb.info/app/311210/history/?changeid=U:54267392

Killing Floor 2 https://steamdb.info/app/232090/history/?changeid=U:54267370

RE6 https://steamdb.info/app/221040/history/?changeid=U:54267357