If you wish to unlink your Steam account to your current Rockstar Games account, you will never be able to play the Rockstar games on your Steam account ever again.
You can not relink your Steam account to a different or new Rockstar games account.
If you unlink your Steam account to your Rockstar Games account, you are forfeiting your right to play games you purchased through Steam.
All info is here: https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/22802682178707/Unlinking-your-Steam-account-from-your-Rockstar-Games-account
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I lost like 2 accounts like this
Dont buy rockstar games with steam.
another reminder that you don’t purchase games just a licence to rent the game on an indeterminate basis
yes, this screwed me over when I tried to play RDR2 but i was not able to connect to Rockstars DRM service so I couldn’t play the game I had bought
This is why I wish they’d bring disks back. Yeah there’s the risk of physical damage but you didn’t have this kinda issue in my older gaming days. I mean all this tech & we can’t figure out how to keep a disc safe? Come on.
that’s because the game goes through the rockstar launch even if bought through steam
One of many reasons I get sick of PC gaming.
I bought GTA via Steam, legitimately, and wanted to mod it so I can use a steering while in single player.
Forced always online. Forced updates. Forced Rockstar Social Club. Breaks mods, can’t downgrade.
And now this?
I want to buy games legally for a fair price and play them – this absolute shitshow is why I’ve been an Xbox player for the last decade. Yes, it’s limited, but I don’t have to deal with launchers or this level of bullshit.
yes, I ran into this several years ago when a copy of GTA5 I had was linked to my steam account but the rockstar account itself was fucked due to an old trash email account I had got locked permanently.
So I couldn’t use the email that the game was linked to, and couldn’t unlink it form steam without losing it compeltely
Even then, when I got a new copy, it wouldn’t link to the current steam account saying another copy was already linked, so I needed a second steam account just to play the game.