ARC Raiders Launcher Toggle
Small Windows utility that switches ARC Raiders between
EasyAntiCheat and
Denuvo without modifying any game files.
How it works
Uses
to redirect
PioneerGame.exe to
start_protected_game.exe at kernel level. When Steam launches the game, Windows transparently swaps the target before the process spawns. Steam remains the parent process and no files on disk are touched, so the integrity manifest is unaffected.
Setting the redirect requires admin (writes to
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\PioneerGame.exe).
Usage- Download the source files from .
- Double-click. Accept the UAC prompt.
- The window shows current state. Click Force EAC Launch or Restore Denuvo (default).
- Launch ARC Raiders from Steam as usual.
SmartScreen will warn about an unsigned app the first time. Click "More info" then "Run anyway".
Is it safe?
This tool was made for players whose game switched to Denuvo and can't use
Blurred.gg. Here's what's been verified:
Client side (your PC)
Clean. The EAC bootstrapper was decompiled and confirmed to ignore the redirect entirely. It only reports performance numbers, nothing about which anti-cheat is active. A live registry audit was also run through a full match with EAC loaded. Only Steam ever touched the redirect key. EAC never read it. The client does not detect or report that you're on EAC.
Server side (Embark)
Cannot be verified from outside. If their backend flags EAC connections on a Denuvo account, that happens on their servers with no way to confirm. That is the one real unknown.
Bottom line: Client side is proven clean, but it cannot be called fully ban-safe due to the server side.
Do not run it on an account you can't afford to lose.
Build from source
Requires .NET 8 SDK on Windows.
Code:
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true
Output:
bin/Release/net8.0-windows/win-x64/publish/ArcRaidersEacToggle.exe
License
MIT. See
LICENSE.
