Additionally, on November 25 the publisher pushed out an update on Steam that fully removed the 2K Games launcher, replacing the folder that contained all of its files and data on your PC with a single text file named “2kLauncherRemoved.txt.” The publisher says you can safely delete that file, too.

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As of November 25, the 2K launcher is no longer required in any 2K published games on either Steam of Epic Games Store.

"As of November 18, 2024, the 2K Launcher has been removed from every game that used it on Epic and Steam," said 2K. "Additionally, we also removed the “2K Launcher Beta”, a completely separate launcher, from Sid Meier’s Civilization V.

The 2K Launcher has been removed from every game that had used it on the Epic Games Store and Steam, according to a support page for the launcher that 2K updated this week.