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If you hate the online requirement, buy the game, then block it in your Deck’s firewall (Flatseal for Firewalld). You get the performance patches without the Microsoft nag. This is 100% legal.

You add the cracked game as a "Non-Steam game." Steam’s client telemetry reports the executable hash. If Valve detects a cracked steam_api emulator, they can ban your entire Steam account, not just the game. For a Steam Deck owner, a banned account means losing your entire library. i--- Forza Horizon 5 Cracked Steam Deck

Reason: Cracks (like Codex, RunE, EMPRESS) are designed for Windows. The Steam Deck runs Linux (Steam OS). Getting a cracked Windows .exe to run on Linux via Proton is a nightmare of missing dependencies, crack-specific DRM conflicts, and anti-tamper triggers. It will likely crash on launch or fail to save. If you hate the online requirement, buy the