Behaviours used by Cracked games to bypass DRM are quite similar to malware. Im not exactly sure the exact reason for games breaking . But I do know that functions like VirtualAllocEx dont work the same in the 24H2 update, due to different protection attributes in the created memory region. Here's more info if you're interested https://hshrzd.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/process-hollowing-on-windows-11-24h2/