Denuvo 5.6, used in Metro Exodus, has been cracked in five days

Metro Exodus and Far Cry New Dawn are the latest games powered by the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. From the looks of it, 4A Games and Ubisoft have used a new version of this anti-tamper tech, Denuvo 5.6, which has been cracked in just five days.

This version of Denuvo is newer than what was used in Ace Combat 7 and Resident Evil 2 Remake. Still, this didn’t really stop the scene groups from cracking the game. Now as with all the Denuvo cracks, this does not remove the anti-tamper tech. As such, players cannot use this cracked version in order to measure the performance impact that Denuvo has on this specific title.

Denuvo has claimed that its anti-tamper tech is meant for securing the sales for the first days and since there wasn’t any day-1 crack, I guess that it succeeded in doing so. However, and since the game has been cracked, Deep Silver should remove Denuvo in order to provide a better experience to all of its legitimate customers (as well as make the game more appealing to those that boycott Denuvo-powered games).

It will be interesting to see whether this crack will impact the game’s sales and whether gamers will download the pirated version in order to immaturely show Deep Silver their displeasure over the Steam/Epic Store controversy.

As always, we strongly suggest supporting the developers for their hard work. If you are not interested in a game, there is no point at all downloading a pirated version of it!

208 thoughts on “Denuvo 5.6, used in Metro Exodus, has been cracked in five days”

    1. Funnily enough, even 5 days on Steam sales would’ve been A LOT more lucrative for them. Hope that bag of money Deep Silver got was big enough…

    2. I would buy the game really I would put my money in their pockets but I use Steam I don’t want be forced to go with Epic store so now I won’t buy it

      btw CODEX moved fast

      1. Well the performance-eating Denuvo is still running in the pirated release and will continue to do so until Deep Silver decides to remove it.

    1. LOL @ all these people lying and acting like they would’ve actually spent even a single penny if it was on steam. You guys know you’re too cheap to buy games. Be honest.

      1. Says the notorious troll who’s gaming on a cheap and nasty console at 30fps due to being a self-confessed Sony pony! gg

          1. lol seriously i bought it in 2017 and i play-through one game and i tried to finish another but i never got too it and it’s been there collecting dust ever since it’s not me it’s sony and the PS4 they dont have that may games that i have interest in that’s all

      2. 14 years on Steam, 209 games owned. Metro would have made 210. Just bought Dirt Rally 2.0 which will probably be cracked before it’s even released. I hope you are trolling and not stupid enough to believe it was ever about the money.

    2. The lulz keep on rolling because Microsoft’s despised UWP as used by Windows 10 Store has also been cracked! Crackdown 3 can now be torrented too although I personally would need paying to play that trash.

      1. I was just reading about that. Looks like bad karma is kicking some Publisher’s a*ses. I have no interest in Crackdown 3 either even for free.

        1. oh its kicking hard even the “always online” games flop. flopout shttysix is crap, anthem is crap, far cry new dawn is uncracked but flopped on consoles…. they are bleeding money.

      2. Urgh crackdown 3 there is even a video on youtube showing many advantages the first one have in term of gameplay,physics and animations

        A 2006 game that was not amazing to begin with beats a 2019 game, thats extremely sad in a way remind of just cause 4 having worst effects and graphics than just cause 3 and just cause 2(yes even just cause 2 have better water and particles effects than just cause 4)

        1. I couldn’t care less about Crack(ed)down 3 but now that UWP has been breached then the release of the next Halo and Forza should be a hoot!

          Epic Store and Windows 10 Store UWP taken out on the same day! What a day. ?

        1. Even the majority of the shill media has critically panned it and most surprisingly of all the usually easily pleased obedient Xbots have slaughtered it too. The powah of teh cloud though!

          Your avatar is infinitely more interesting than Crack(ed)down 3, lol

          1. I’d buy it if it comes to Steam though. Steam is the only chance of success that they could possibly hope for with this game.

      3. I had the first clackdorn on 360 and while it was pretty cool at first, it got old fast once I realized how bland it was you just hop around like pre-flight superman and collect hundreds of powerups that barely make you any faster or jump much higher until you literally did it 100 times (hidden packages in vice city on steroids) and you blow guys up while bouncing around like apogostick repeatedly and that’s about it … clackdorn 3 looks almost like clackdorn 1.3 too that’s how sh!tty it’s graphics are for 2019

      4. I had the first clackdorn on 360 and while it was pretty cool at first, it got old fast once I realized how bland it was you just hop around like pre-flight superman and collect hundreds of powerups that barely make you any faster or jump much higher until you literally did it 100 times (hidden packages in vice city on steroids) and you blow guys up while bouncing around like apogostick repeatedly and that’s about it … clackdorn 3 looks almost like clackdorn 1.3 too that’s how sh**ty it’s graphics are for 2019

      1. Use the spoiler feature. F*king idiot.

        Last place I’d expect people to spoil stuff would be on dso, but that’s where I’ve been spoiled most of the time recently.

  1. “immaturely show Deep Silver their displeasure”
    Can only see one immature tactic here, pulling the game off of steam and making it exclusive to epicstore. 😀

        1. I want to break free
          I want THQ Nordic to reeeee
          I want to break free from anti-consumerism and dev’s threats
          Epic Store are so self-satisfied we don’t need them
          I’ve got to break free
          CPY knows, CODEX knows I want to break free.

  2. Well ill try it see how it run and if i like it.

    And ill buy it regardless if its on epic store or whatever store

    1. I like steam,but i like gaming more

      If i truly want a game another launcher or system wont really stop me im not that petty to cry over that, maybe because im playing since the early 1990’s ive seen people bashing steam when it first launched for years people hated using steam for their games, and look where we are now people are worshipping like its the only way to play on pc.

      And yes epic store is not a good store they have still got a lot of work to do to make it half as good as steam, and i heard about privacy issues(as if any system is 100% secure) and about tencent owning 40% of epic, still that should not stop people for getting a game they really want, its not like you have to buy another console or something its just downloading a small launcher and creating an account and you are done.

      Dont tell me some of you dont have others launcher apart steam?
      You at least have another one like origin,uplay,blizzard launcher and gog… Yea exclusity is annoying but unlike a console exclusive or even games that are occulus or htc vive exclusive, games on epic store are not truly exclusives.

      The smart people will get it, the others will keep yelling at clouds.

      1. And you think steam is any better? With the fact they take 30% cut? They are not all white either, and by the way i cant purchase in my country some games on steam like wolfenstein the new order,old blood and new colossus for some reason while the physical xbox one and ps4 copies are available to purchase in stores.
        And yet my hundreds games on my steam library are there.

        Im not defending epic games or their store, i just dont see how this will hurt me in the long run,you guys forgot all the critics and bad press steam got over the years? It took them years to add refund options,their customer service is nonexistant, many features steam have now took years to be implemented…so yea im not worshipping steam i would like to play games without any storefront or launchers and no pesky drm’s.
        But thats how the world is rolling.

        The best store is gog due to their no drm’s policy and the fact they take old games and make them work on modern pc’s.

        Anyway i’ll try the game if it run well i might purchase metro exodus.

        The keyword is “might” i still got a huge backlog of games to complete to buy a new game at full price,so maybe at a discount and who knows maybe ill get it on steam it depends how much i will enjoy the cpy version.

        If i did not care about gaming i would not be on this website or commenting anyway lets keep it civil no need to use terms like “bend over” epic store or stuff like that i get your opinion, i really do…but i dont see a fire im actually optimist this might let to some positive changes, hell even boycotting epic store will lead to good things it will prevent other devs from making such a stupid decision to lock their game to only one storefront when they see this kind of backlash.

        Lets just wait and see right now my opinion is to see where this lead.

        1. He was the one upvoting comments about people being cry babies and state in his original comment how sad they are and i came with strictly facts he simply avoid it’s not my fault . Read properly the first comment and see how was the one throwing the first punch . Don’t be an over sensitive loser

        2. Even through most of his points are fair, but the way he talks without any ounce of respects and using insults just make him looks dumb, its hard to agree with someone so agressive.

          And the funny thing he say up in the comment that im the angry one, go figure.

  3. We dont need launchers. Company conmen… er… execs in pretty suits told everyone they are necessary so people believe it.

  4. this dumbheads will learn the hardway what valve learned over the past decade
    the only way to combat piracy is to offer better easier service than piracy
    steam is successful because it acknowledges that it’s biggest competitor is piracy not other platform
    epic fails to get that, they made it last minute exclusive to their subpar platform, way subpar compared to steam, and pissed players and fans even more with threat and bad PR, forgetting that their exclusive is as good as how long it’s going to take for the game to be pirated
    which took only 5 days, what you did now is steer off buyers who was going to buy it from steam and made the people who were going to wait a year for it to reach steam consider playing the cracked version
    GOOD JOB EPIC AND DEEP SILVER, i hope people will support the hardworking people who made this game
    but the crack is now out there

  5. “gamers will download the pirated version in order to immaturely show Deep Silver their displeasure over the Steam/Epic Store controversy.”

    Yeah, pull your head out of your ars*

    1. Haahhaahha i like John but yeah at this point who cares about any of this. I still think the game should be supported because its a damn good game singleplayer fps, not many of those these days….spits at Anthem.

    2. I suspect that John had to say what he did in the final two paragraphs so to stave off the attack dogs from the industry and/or to comply with Google’s increasingly draconian clampdown on freedom of speech.

      1. Whereas numerous comments here from various people have triggered you or you’re desperately seeking attention. Amusing, either way.

    3. Yes I will.
      Immature? No.
      Place value on the money you spend and faith in your own moral code.
      Give developers what you decide they deserve, when you have the power to do so.

    1. Just because we’re laughing at it doesn’t make us pirates, we’re trolling Epic and Deep Silver for their exclusives rubbish. I’m willing to buy the game when it comes on Steam, though £50 for a PC game is a stupidly high price.

  6. I always buy my game from Steam but for this game, I’ll pirate Metro
    Exodus out of principle and spite for the crappy last minute forced
    exclusive Epic and Deep Silver pulled on us and removing the game from
    Steam. No Steam, No Buy. Screw Epic. Screw Deep Silver.

  7. It looks like Captain Blackbeard has only destination left to plunder. An island they are calling Far Cry New Dawn.

  8. You know this means

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  9. The game has actually decent, if not great, reviews. So many of the commenting have just used this whole Epic Store/Denuvo thing as an excuse to pirate the game. That’s actually truly sad.

    1. There’s your 4A/Deep Silver/Epic PR man/troll trying to do damage control by spreading more lies (some people in their Steam reviews say the opposite about the game’s quality) and blaming the customers and the community again. Please go on, PR man, you have proven yourself a useful tool amongst the other threaters.

      1. Yup man, you got me, I’m a sad PR person.

        Now Deep Silver will have to fire me :<

        Ok for real now.
        First of all, you didn't even state your real name and/or real photo. I don't like a discussion with someone who can easily hide behind a nickname and thinks everything is fine.

        No it's not. I'm, wondering if you would be such a bad-mouth in real life.

        Secondly, proof your accusations. Heck, call all companies above and ask if I work there or if they know me. That will be fun!

        Thirdly, your exact words: "some people in their Steam reviews say the opposite about the game's quality". Well, imagine that there are some Steam reviews saying bad things about Half-Life 2 quality! Or any other great game for that matter.

        Have you actually played the game? I am fairly sure you haven't.

        Lastly, I haven't blamed anyone nor have I spread any lies. Yes, all companies mentioned by you did some mistakes which could have been avoided. Epic Store exclusivity is actually a terrible decision in my eyes. However, the ACTUAL GAME, STORY, GAMEPLAY are very, very decent. That's it.

  10. Worthless. Darksiders 3 sold over expectations with no Denuvo, maybe Deep Silver should learn from their sister company’s example. (THQ Nordic GmbH, not AB, the parent company)
    Edit: and of course, a GOG version would have gone a long way too, see Darksiders 3 again… and since the previous Metro games are available there, no excuses.

  11. “whether gamers will download the pirated version in order to immaturely
    show Deep Silver their displeasure over the Steam/Epic Store controversy”

    Yeah go f*k yourself John Papadopoulos.

  12. Feature Difference between Metro Exodus (PC) versions:

    Cloud Saves – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (No), CPY (No)
    Achievements – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (No), CPY (No)
    Trading Cards – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (No), CPY (No)
    Playtime Tracking – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (No), CPY (No)
    Family Sharing – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (No), CPY (Yes)
    Automatic Updates – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (Yes), CPY (No)
    Online Activation – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (Yes), CPY (No)
    Offline Play – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (Yes), CPY (Yes)
    Denuvo DRM – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (Yes), CPY (Yes)
    Cost – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (Yes) , CPY (No)

    1. “Offline Play – Steam (Yes), Epic Games Store (Yes), CPY (Yes)”

      Sure about that? I heard epic store wont let you play if you are offline, gta v does it too even on the retail version.

        1. I wonder how that happened, totally had nothing to do with us whining about it. We are ungrateful pr*ks after all.

    2. I hate that epic store exclusivity sh*t as much the next person but they added offline mode a few days ago, just a correction so it’s not misleading.

    3. The protection capabilities of Denuvo maybe non-functional but the performance impact is still present even in the CPY version. When Denuvo is completely removed we will see improved performance.

    1. They are both cats and it’s only natural. However one dude entering another dude’s rusty wagon wheel IS gross.

  13. “…whether gamers will download the pirated version in order to immaturely show Deep Silver their displeasure over the Steam/Epic Store controversy…”

    In all fairness, how else are people supposed to fight back against this comical abuse by publishers, who want your money, your first born, your soul, and your eternal service in the afterlife?

    I have no problem with shitbird companies like this, having their crap pirated. Do unto others, instead of them doing unto you.

    This industry, is the grossest industry in the entire entertainment paradigm. I’ve never seen an industry so sick with greed, lies, and downright evil manipulation of its customer base.

    So no, they aren’t immature. F*k this industry in the a*s, until it either burns to the ground to be reborn, or just dies forever.

    1. “how else are people supposed to fight back against this comical abuse by publishers, who want your money, your first born, your soul, and your eternal service in the afterlife?”

      Reach any further and you’ll be doing yoga

      1. Exactly. Vote with your wallet. I don’t know why people think they are entitled to pirate games to “get back” at the developers. Just don’t play it don’t buy it.

        1. “I don’t know why…”

          If you fail to understand why in this instance then it seems reasonable to presume there are many other similarly elementary things that you fail to understand. Quite for why you felt it necessary to inform the internet of your lack of understanding is most peculiar.

          1. You seem to have mastered the art of saying a lot while saying so little.

            Put the dictionary down and actually address the point. Piracy is not a justified response to sh**ty publisher/developer tactics.

            If you want to “get back” at sh**ty devs, don’t buy their games. However, that doesn’t mean you still get to play their games.

          2. Go ahead and hold onto your moral righteousness. I’ll be playing the game without paying for and maybe if its decently priced in a year from now on Steam, I’ll hand them my schekles.

          3. I like to vote with my dollar. If there are certain games/franchises that I want to continue, I’ll give them the money I save from not paying for sh*tty games. I knew RE2 remake would be cracked in a few days, but I bought the deluxe edition anyways.

        2. Well ok, PC gamers tried that, we where met with the publisher or developer saying they’re not going to make a PC version or port the game, what now?

          1. Then you let them not make the game for PC. If they’re stupid enough to cut off the biggest gaming market on the planet because they didn’t want to make a good PC game, let them.

            Money talks. And again, we are not entitled to devs making games for us. If they don’t wanna make games for PC, fine. It’s their (huge) loss.

          2. Rockstar was actually really smart. They re-released the game with staggered release dates to try to get the same people to buy newer version of the game. Some poor folks probably bought the game 3 times (Once for PS3, PS4 and PC).

            It’s a despicable tactic but it worked for them. Consumers need to be more disciplined to avoid this kind of crap in the future.

          3. Its a brilliant tactic. Whats despicable are the imbeciles who buy it more than once. Fools and their money.

        3. i think they are, we must show them we CAN get them free and still play them and they must TREAT US WELL so that we CHOSE to give them money even though WE DON’T HAVE TO

    2. Agreed. In any other industry, this kind of anti-consumer behavior would not be tolerated but in the gaming industry, these greedy companies think they can pull their anti-consumer crap and get away with it. Well customers have had enough. People are now voting with their wallets. People are now being very vocal against such anti-consumer practices.

      At the end of the day, we the customers don’t need to play their games to survive. Its the developers and publishers who needs OUR MONEY and OUR BUSINESS to make their day-to-day living. So its in their best interest to respect our needs and wishes and be pro-consumer, If not, we’ll happily spend our money elsewhere as they lose profit and go bankrupt.

  14. I’m glad it got pirated. Exclusives on PC is pure cancer. Its already bad enough on consoles. We don’t need this on PC.

  15. There was a time I’d purchase a Denuvo infected game once it was cracked but stopped doing that awhile back now I wait until it’s officially removed. Keeps me from wasting money on bug infested crap games and stop supporting this BS. Works out because by the time it’s removed 2+ yrs down the road all the BS DLC has been released and included, bugs have been fixed, it’s been remastered and it’s alot cheaper and I actually own it. In the case of this game because of the BS they pulled removing Denuvo won’t be enough. When it’s $20 or less I’ll buy. Playing Kingdom Come from GOG right now. 🙂

  16. i already deleted every video i could find on the installation directory but still in some parts of the game characters talk for 10 minutes. like damn, there must be an audience for this type of shet and by audience i mean autistic nerds.

        1. There should be some Options in your Documents.
          If you know what you need, you can delete it or make it false so it will be skipped.

  17. I’m downloading it with bonus content then I’m downloading crackdown 3. Long live CPY. and screw far cry new Dawn. I mean far cry 5 pink dlc

  18. I usually bought a game, and then download and played the Cracked version, most of them are single player experience though, so no achievements, no multiplayer or another online component didn’t matter to me. My PC is quite modes (i3 6100 + gtx1060 6GB + 16GB RAM) Sometimes I just thought most of my cracked game I play needs higher reccomended requirements than the one I have, but I still can play almost on max @1080p60. Did the cracked version made it possible ??

  19. Wow, the CPY version of the game even comes with the soundtrack DLC included (entire soundtrack folder is in 320kbps)

    isn’t that nice…

  20. When will stubborn dumb-ass publishers and greedy game companies learn, you catch more flies with honey. Denuvo is a waste of your time, so is your own ill-timed digital store. F*k you epic.

  21. I won’t pirate it i will buy it from steam at discounted price i will vote with my wallet. I like Metro but don’t want this exclusivity sh*t on PC. Have pleanty of games to play.

    1. damn that pic, i am sad that i am not a antisemite and i cant use it somehow, its such a same that such pic will go to waste.

  22. I think it was cracked on the 1st day. But testing, some fixes, etc. postponed the crack release (ha-ha) date till yesterday.

  23. I would buy the game really I would put my money in their pockets but I use Steam I don’t want be forced to go with Epic store so now I won’t buy it

    btw CPY moved fast

    Now Epic store will lose a lot of money, anyway I’ll wait a year and get my license from Steam while Thank CPY

  24. These companies are wasting their money paying for this lame DRM that will always get cracked. All this does is causes strong emotional responses from the fans of these games. and boycotting games because of it. I know I did, and wont buy this game until its DRM free.

  25. It will be interesting to see whether this crack will impact the game’s sales and whether gamers will download the pirated version in order to immaturely show Deep Silver their displeasure over the Steam/Epic Store controversy.

    He says, writing an article to make sure everyone knows a crack is available.
    A true genius, whom also seems to know the intricate inner workings of the human mind so much, that he thinks calling people “immature” will make them do what he wants.

  26. I think it was cracked on the 1st day. But testing, some fixes, etc. postponed the crack release (ha-ha) date till yesterday.

  27. Slow clap for Deep Silver letting themselves be dazzled by Epics bag of money and completely misjudging the overall fallout and lost sales through piracy and Steam. I doubt Epics money will cover what could have been coffer stuffing sales numbers. Greed will get you every time.

  28. I have no intention to play metro Exodus. It doesn’t seem as interesting as the prior entries. but still i will crack a smile at this release.

    I simply don’t like Irdeto/Denuvo nor Deep silver. Deep silver has shown that they have NO qualms about flipping the bird to consumers in order to chase promises of riches be they Exclusivity deals, Bait&Switching in stores or

    Denuvo has repeatedly lowered the bar for itself constantly feigning efficiency. When it stumped pirates it stood with pride. Then they got bypassed and suddenly “Oh but it was never meant to protect forever. just Months!!”. Then that got challenged and months turned to Weeks and that got challenged so “Launch days are worth it!!”. Irdeto even tried to sell the idea of HOURS being enough to justify their anti-tamper (to a LOT of laughter). It is just snake oil they peddle to the gullible. Ive yet to EVER see anything that truly proves DRM and/or Anti-tamper proved worthwhile, but other influences always eclipse DRM’s influence in the end. Good games (with or without DRM) sell well, bad games sell badly.

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