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.

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

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.

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

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.

God of War Ragnarok PC requires 6GM of VRAM to even recognize a graphics card, despite being advertised as being able to run on both the GTX 1060 and RX 5500 XT. Both were released with versions with less. Thankfully, with this workaround, I could boot into the game and start my PC review of God of War Ragnarok.

God of War Ragnarök has the makings of a quality Steam Deck game, but bugs and a silly PSN requirement spoil its chances.

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.