Rime Developer Will Drop Denuvo DRM Once Game Is Cracked

Rime is the latest game by Tequila Works about a young boy shipwrecked on a mysterious island after a torrential storm. The game has been well received, and praised for it’s story, design and visuals. It is also protected by Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM on the PC, and has not yet been cracked. Denuvo is one of the more prominent DRMs being used for video games, and has seen success to a reasonable extent.

Gamers in general have not been in favor of Denuvo because of alleged hard it causes to the game’s performance and, at times, even the PC hardware. And, hence, they have taken issue with the use of DRM in Rime. Addressing these issues, the game’s designer Darius has responded on Rime’s Steam forum page.

“I have seen some conversations about our use of Denuvo anti-tamper, and I wanted to take a moment to address it. We have had discussions about Denuvo internally, and one of the key points of all of those discussions have simply been, we want to ensure the best gaming experience for RiME players. RiME is a very personal experience told through both sight and sound. When a game is cracked, it runs the risk of creating issues with both of those items, and we want to do everything we can to preserve this quality in RiME.

We are very committed to this, but also to the simple fact that nothing is infallible. That being said, if RIME is cracked we will release a Denuvo free version of RiME and update existing platforms.”

After his response, some members in the forum accused him of holding back a more optimal version of the game just to keep pirates at bay. While we do understand the intentions of the developer, it’s understandable that players might be frustrated with the use of Denuvo DRM, specially if they have had a bad experience with it on their PC. He then went on to say:

“While you don’t have to agree with what I am saying, lets try to remain civil please? We made the decision to use Denuvo to protect the game getting pirated. That is the simple fact of it. Denuvo is not DRM, it is anti tamper software.

As I mentioned in the above post, if RiME gets cracked, we plan to update the versions across all platforms with the Denuvo free version of the game.”

Now it seems like it’s up to hackers to take up the gauntlet.