Will Overwatch 2 be dropping support for Windows 10 after support ends on 14 October 2025?
Cos when Windows 10 reaches end of support on 14 October, you will no longer be receiving new security updates for your PC that is still running Windows 10. If your PC has met the Windows 11 system requirements, you can upgrade to Windows 11 for free.
Also, future versions of Overwatch 2 will no longer be playable on Windows 10 from 2026 or later. So only Windows 11 will be required to continue playing Overwatch 2.
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Why do you think this is the case? Just because Windows 10’s official support ends doesn’t mean the game stops functioning.
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I don’t think they would abandon win 10 anytime soon. It will still be supported for few more years. According to steam stats 40% still uses win 10.
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Windows 10 will get paid updates for atleast 3 years.
If u know, when Steam client got updated, they will drop support for Windows versions which are already out of support.
Like when they release Overwatch 2 that replaced OW1, they already drop support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
OG versions of Win 10 might get dropped, which already happens in some apps.
Current long term versions of Windows 10 aka 24H2 will be supported till 2034-10-10
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I already made the jump from Win10 to Win11 for both of my PC’s. My older i7-9900k PC that was not blessed by Microsoft’s Win11-ready checker but runs Win11 fine. I’ve noticed that my primary gaming PC (i9-12900k) no longer enters sleep mode and screen saver mode automatically, but otherwise everything else works.
Win11 is a lot more secure than Win10, which is why Microsoft is trying to move on from supporting the latter.
There will come a time when you need to switch to Win11, but as long OW does not use anything that is specific to Win11 and does not exists in Win10 and is NEEDED for the game to run, you have nothing to worry about.
I would still start looking for a new PC or an upgrade to Win11. Its the same as Win10. People love hating on the newest Windows version, but so far nothing changed, besides the taskbar (that you can change back).
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That CPU is absolutely supported for Windows 11: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors
It’s likely that you just need to enable Secure Boot/TPM in firmware.
I play on Windows ME just to feel alive!
Often times when software says “We will no longer support X” it means that it will still work fine, but they’re not going to make an effort to ensure it still works there on the off chance something breaks, such as if they choose to use a new API in the OS that only exists in newer OSs.
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Great question. Id post this in the Technical Support forum.
Not looking forward to October. Ironically, Bill is a Scorpio, like myself and was born in October. Happy Birthday Bill! 
The bigger issue is that the security features will become increasingly obsolete making you progressively more susceptible to malicious actors.
Oh I’m not by any means recommending they stay on Windows 10. I just think their concern about OW suddenly just not working is probably just a bit unfounded.
That said, I do totally understand why a lot of people do want to stay on Win10. Theres a lot of regressions, particularly in the UI, in Win11. I didnt personally switch until two months ago, and only did so because I found some mods on Winhawk that alleviated issues I had.
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You can bypass this using Rufus if you don’t care about TPM. Windows 11 is not that different from 10.
You can but if your hardware already has these features, why not use them?
All they do is improve your security.
Windows 11 default settings also prevent hacks from working lol
Apparently, Microsoft is offering an Extended Security Update (ESU) option for Windows 10. It will extend until Oct 2026. It costs $30 for the 1-year option.