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.

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.

This might sound familiar: Steam users are frustrated with a PlayStation first-party game on the PC storefront because it requires a PSN account. Well, this time PC players are review-bombing God of War Ragnarok because of the log-in demand.

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

Ragnarök’s PC port. I was hoping this would be a chance for me to reassess a game I probably played under the wrong circumstances (rushing to the end because I had to know what happened). Unfortunately,

It’s been exactly four days since the bombastic PS5 system-seller God of War Ragnarök landed on PC… and modders are already hard at work on it. One of their first priorities? Stripping the game of its Sony software hooks,

Ragnark PC bypasses PSN login requirement. God of War: Ragnark'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.

According to Eurogamer, God of War Ragnarök is currently experiencing a surge of negative reviews on Steam as players protest Sony's controversial mandate for PC users to link a PSN account. God of War Ragnarök arrived on PC this week,