But the issue we are talking about now is something we thought had been resolved already. Last August, Santa Monica Studio officially stated on the PlayStation Blog that this release requires a PSN account on PC. However, as reported by MP1st, some gamers are now claiming that they are able to bypass the PSN requirement completely.

The highly-anticipated sequel, like other recent Sony-published PC games, comes with a mandatory and contentious PlayStation Network login.

God of War Ragnarok mod byasses PSN account requirement on PC, allowing players to enjoy the game without logging into PlayStation Network.

Like most PlayStation first-party games, God of War Ragnarök requires a PSN account. A fact that we've known about since the State of Play earlier this year, alongside a short blog post that mentions this in italics at the bottom of the page.

God of War Ragnarok is finally out on Steam, except it has launched to a Mixed rating on Steam, and yes, it is because of that PSN requirement.

Ragnarok was the target of a review bombing effort back in 2022 as well.

God Of War Ragnarök was one of 2022's hit games on PS5 and PS4, and by all accounts it looks great and plays well on PC, where it arrived via Valve’s storefront earlier this week. The Steam user review score is less than stellar,

Ragnarök PC bypasses PSN login requirement. God of War: Ragnarök's PC port has more problems than PSN, including performance and crash issues on powerful PCs. The PC gaming community will likely continue to buttheads with Sony if their anti-player behavior continues.

God of War Ragnarök is being review bombed on Steam as users once again protest Sony's controversial requirement for PC users to link to a PSN account. At the time of writing, God of War Ragnarök sits on a "mixed" user score amalgamated from almost 5000 player reviews.