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Cheating in online games

On online games, cheating subverts the rules or mechanics of the games to gain an unfair advantage over other players, generally with the use of third-party software. What constitutes cheating is dependent on the game involved, its rules, and consensus opinion as to whether a particular activity is considered to be cheating.

Art, Bots and software assistance & Anti-cheating methods and limitations

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Bots and software assistance

Computer game bot First-person shooter Target acquisition Calibration Peer-to-peer

21 related topics

Anti-cheating methods and limitations

BattlEye GameGuard PunkBuster VAC Steam

23 related topics

Unsporting play

Elo Scroll wheel Bug Real-money-trading EULAs

11 related topics

Implementation of cheats

Client–server model Information security Anti-cheating methods and limitations Client–server Data integrity

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Overview

Online games Online game
Cheating
Third-party software Third-party software component
Consensus Consensus decision-making
Multiplayer Multiplayer video game
Darknets Darknet
Macros Macro (computer science)
PC Personal computer
Console Video game console
Controllers Game controller
DMA attack
Delta Force Delta Force (2025 video game)
Anti-Cheat Expert

Bots and software assistance

Computer game bot
First-person shooter
Target acquisition
Calibration
Peer-to-peer
Ethernet
Firewall Firewall (computing)
Router Router (computing)
Latency Latency (engineering)
Lockstep protocol
User User (computing)
Level Level (video games)
Developer Video game developer
Real-time strategy
Fog of war
Rendering Rendering (computer graphics)
Rock paper scissors
Balance Game balance
Mobile gaming Mobile game
Standoff 2
Asus

Unsporting play

Elo Elo rating system
Scroll wheel
Bug Computer bug
Real-money-trading Virtual economy
EULAs End-user license agreement
Player versus player
Private message
IP address
Remote desktop software
Twitch Twitch (service)
Stream sniping

Implementation of cheats

Client–server model
Information security
Anti-cheating methods and limitations Cheating in online games
Client–server
Data integrity
Hooking
DLL injection
Address space
Packets Network packet
Man-in-the-middle attack
Aimbots Aimbot

Anti-cheating methods and limitations

BattlEye
GameGuard
PunkBuster
VAC Valve Anti-Cheat
Steam Steam (service)
EasyAntiCheat Easy Anti-Cheat
Non-standard Security through obscurity
Software protectors Software protector
Code instructions Code segment
Reversing Reverse engineering
Breakpoint
Obfuscating Obfuscation (software)
Jump Jump instruction
Instruction Instruction set architecture
CPU instructions Machine code
Statistical detection Statistical test
Sandboxing Sandbox (computer security)
Code injection
Operating systems Operating system
Wine Wine (software)
Bungie
Activision
Accessibility

Penalties for cheating

Legal measures

Nexon America
Combat Arms
Riot Games
League of Legends
Epic Games
Battle royale game
Fortnite
Destiny 2
Copyright infringement
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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Cheating in online games

Nodes102

Edges101

Triples31

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.019608

Components1

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Cheating in online games

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Cheating in online games → BattlEye, EasyAntiCheat, GameGuard, PunkBuster, Steam, Such, There, Valve Anti-Cheat

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game players games player cheating software may client server advantage also online use cheats code cheat cheaters methods used video

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
reloading	instance of	or may perform seemingly trivial tasks	0.80	text
seeing through walls	instance of	providing features	0.80	text
storage	instance of	a trade-off between security and efficiency.When game servers were restricted by limited available resources	0.80	text
memory	instance of	a trade-off between security and efficiency.When game servers were restricted by limited available resources	0.80	text
internal bandwidth	instance of	a trade-off between security and efficiency.When game servers were restricted by limited available resources	0.80	text
and computational capacity due to the technologies available	instance of	a trade-off between security and efficiency.When game servers were restricted by limited available resources	0.80	text
the cost of the hardware	instance of	a trade-off between security and efficiency.When game servers were restricted by limited available resources	0.80	text
coupled with internet connections that were slow	instance of	a trade-off between security and efficiency.When game servers were restricted by limited available resources	0.80	text
it was believed to be necessary to compromise on security for optimization to minimize the impact on the end-user	instance of	a trade-off between security and efficiency.When game servers were restricted by limited available resources	0.80	text
screenshots	instance of	Reports can include data	0.80	text
videos	instance of	Reports can include data	0.80	text
and chatlogs.Anomaly detectionAnomalies in player behavior can be detected by statistically analyzing game events sent by the client to the server	instance of	Reports can include data	0.80	text

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