Atomic Heart is the latest victim of voices38, who has managed to crack its Denuvo anti-tamper protection. The game was released in February 2023. From what I know, it was never cracked by EMPRESS. Thus, it took over 3 years to crack.
The previous Denuvo-protected game that was cracked was Hogwarts Legacy. As such, the gap between these two Denuvo cracks was just 12 days.
Now I know there was an unprotected dev build that was leaked before the game came out. However, that dev build was from a really old version. It had numerous bugs, and it did not support any Ray Tracing effects. On the other hand, this crack is for a recent version that has the RT effects.
I should also note that this crack is bypassing Denuvo. It does not completely remove it. All the Denuvo cracks we’ve gotten so far, from both EMPRESS and voices38, are bypasses. In other words, Denuvo will still run in the background. So, it will be meaningless to test and compare the cracked and the non-cracked versions.
As always, we won’t allow any links to the crack. So, if you share any download links in the Comment section, your comment will be removed. So, don’t bother doing it. I’m pretty sure that you will be able to find the cracked version quite easily via a simple Google search. Still, this doesn’t mean we can’t talk about it. In my opinion, it is quite fascinating witnessing the cracking scene, or should I say voices38, cracking Denuvo games.
Atomic Heart was published by Focus Entertainment. From what I know, this is one of its few games that use Denuvo. Since it’s been over 3 years, I can only assume that the publisher will not remove it. It’s a bummer but hey, it is what it is.
The good news is that some other publishers have removed Denuvo from some of their games. Take, for instance, Square Enix. Square Enix has removed it from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake. In December 2025, they also removed it from Just Cause 3. Not only that, but they have removed it from The Diofield Chronicle, VALKYRIE ELYSIUM, TRIANGLE STRATEGY, LIVE A LIVE, and Forspoken. Moreover, both Octopath Traveler and its sequel no longer use it. And that’s not all. In May 2024, SE removed it from Star Ocean The Second Story R. Finally, in March 2025, the publisher removed it from Final Fantasy 16.
Capcom is another publisher that has removed Denuvo from a lot of its games. In November 2025, they removed it from Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny. Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, and Resident Evil Village are also Denuvo-free as we speak. Similarly, Resident Evil 2 Remake and Resident Evil 3 Remake no longer use it. In July 2025, the Japanese team also removed it from Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. Plus, Capcom has recently removed it from Resident Evil 4 Remake.
In March 2023, KRAFTON removed Denuvo from The Callisto Protocol. NEOWIZ has also removed it from its Souls-like game, Lies of P. In October 2024, Gearbox removed it from Homeworld 3, too.
And that’s not all. Bethesda’s Wolfenstein Youngblood, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and Doom Eternal no longer have it. Then we have Bandai Namco, which has removed it from Tekken 7 and NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER. Plus, Warner Bros has removed it from Gotham Knights, Back 4 Blood, and Mortal Kombat 11.
Stay tuned for more!
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