Denuvo could be cutting your Devil May Cry 5 frame-rate by 25%

A Denuvo-free version of Devil May Cry 5 can still be accessed within the Steam console. The .exe file, which can be downloaded through Steam, reportedly provides as much as a 20FPS boost to the latest entry in the series, which released earlier today. In a post on the game’s Steam community page, one player discovered a branch likely used by the QA team to test the game, but had accidentally been left public. Capcom has since deleted the branch, but players can still access the Denuvo-free file in the Steam console. From there, it can be downloaded, and then used to overwrite the pre-existing version of the file. The author of the Steam post claims that the downloading the file has increased the game’s frame rate from 74 FPS to 93, an increase of 19, or around 25%. They also state that the new file has kept their FPS more stable than before. Both Denuvo and several major publishers have previously claimed that the anti-piracy software does not impact game performance.