While publishers favor Denuvo for protecting their financial investments, many PC players criticize the software. Concerns often center around:

: This indicates that the download does not contain the actual game files, assets, audio, or textures (which often total over 70 gigabytes). Instead, it only contains the modified executable ( .exe ) and dynamic link library ( .dll ) files required to bypass the DRM. Users are expected to already have the clean game files downloaded elsewhere.