For Honor Drops Linux and Steam Deck Support on September 10 as Ubisoft Rolls Out New Anti-Cheat Alongside Ranked Season 0

Ubisoft has officially confirmed that For Honor is being pulled from the Linux platform on September 10, 2026, the same day the game's long-running Ranked Dominion mode finally exits beta as part of the launch of Ranked Season 0.

In the official Ranked FAQ posted to the For Honor newsroom, Ubisoft said: "We are removing For Honor from the Linux platform to ensure a safer environment for our players as we cannot meaningfully deploy protection on this platform. This means that For Honor will no longer be playable on Steam Deck starting September 10th. We will continue to investigate different ways to improve our anti-cheat with the possibility of reopening the platform in the future." The same update also covers SteamOS, Linux desktops, and the upcoming Steam Machine hardware.

The change is tied to a new anti-cheat layer Ubisoft is introducing alongside Ranked Season 0, which kicks off with both the existing Ranked Duel and the previously beta-locked Ranked Dominion mode coming out of beta for the first time in the game's nearly decade-long lifespan. For Honor currently ships with Easy Anti-Cheat, which is Linux-compatible; the new system appears to drop that compatibility in favor of stricter protections that competitive titles often lean on.

For Steam Deck owners, the impact is immediate. Until now For Honor has been one of the larger competitive multiplayer titles still rated "Playable" on the Steam Deck compatibility checker. From September 10, the game will refuse to launch on SteamOS, and any existing install on the device will stop working. The same applies to standard Linux PC builds and to the Steam Machine mini-PC when it ships.

Ubisoft did leave a narrow door open. The statement says the team "will continue to investigate different ways to improve our anti-cheat with the possibility of reopening the platform in the future," though For Honor is approaching its tenth anniversary and Linux usage on the title has historically been in the low hundreds at most, which makes a dedicated return effort uncertain.

Ranked Season 0 itself is a major milestone for the game. Players will progress through seven ranks - Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master, and Grandmaster - each split into five divisions, with Master and Grandmaster operating on point-based leaderboards instead. Rank Points are earned through wins, with a win-streak bonus kicking in after three consecutive wins. The top 100 Master players each season are elevated to Grandmaster. Demotion protection applies only when a player drops to zero Rank Points in the bottom division of a rank.

The competitive overhaul lands alongside new seasonal rewards, including ornaments and weapons tied to each rank tier, and a fixed map pool for Ranked Dominion. Lootable rewards from the previous Ranked Duels loot table are being retired, though Ubisoft says they may return in the future.

Read the full breakdown of Season 0, the Ranked Dominion map pool, and the Linux support removal in the official Ranked FAQ on the For Honor newsroom at ubisoft.com.