Apps similar to Valve Anti-Cheat include PunkBuster, which is free. Other options are Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye and SARD Anti-Cheat. In total there are four Anti-Cheat Tools like Valve Anti-Cheat for Mac, Windows, Linux and the web.
PunkBuster is Anti-Cheat system for online multiplayer games (eg Call of Duty). It keeps the cheaters out, but due to many incompatibilities (for example with Steam overlay, x64 systems, Linux systems) it also keeps many legit players out.
Easy Anti-Cheat is the industry-leading anti–cheat service, countering hacking and cheating in multiplayer PC games through the use of hybrid anti–cheat mechanisms.
United States
BattlEye (BE) was founded by Bastian Suter in October 2004. Starting out as an external 3rd-party anti-cheat for Battlefield Vietnam, first versions were quickly released and it rapidly gained first acknowledgement.
SARD Anti-Cheat empowers game developers and publishers with advanced technologies to prevent hacking and cheating in their MMO games.
Germany
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