Piracy

Getting Started

Piracy Reddit Megathread: A whole bunch of piracy resources. People say it’s the “Yellow Pages” of safe sailing on the internet. It is a massive, crowdsourced directory pinned at the top of subreddits like r/Piracy and r/PiratedGames. Because the internet is full of fake download buttons and malware, the community constantly maintains and updates this list with verified, safe websites, tools, and step-by-step guides.

Video Games

cs.rin.ru is a Russian piracy forum, it is Russian but has a large portion of English users. Be careful who you’re downloading from.

FitGirl Repacks: FitGirl is arguably the most famous name in game piracy. A “repack” is a video game that has been heavily compressed to make the file size as small as possible. For example, FitGirl might take a massive 150GB game and compress it down to a 40GB download.

DODI Repacks: DODI is FitGirl’s main friendly rival. DODI does the exact same thing—takes cracked games and compresses them—but with a different philosophy. DODI’s files aren’t compressed quite as tightly as FitGirl’s, meaning the initial download might be slightly larger, but the game installs much faster and puts less strain on your hardware. DODI is also highly popular for frequently releasing quick game updates and troubleshooting fixes.

Hypervisor Bypass (HVB): A software exploitation method where a custom, low-level virtualization layer (a type-1 hypervisor) is loaded at boot time beneath the host operating system. Operating at Ring -1 (Intel VMX Root mode), it actively intercepts system calls, hardware identifiers (CPUID), and cryptographically signed license tokens requested by anti-tamper DRM (like Denuvo). It dynamically emulates a valid, licensed system state, allowing the software to execute without modifying the game’s actual machine code. If you use virtualization do NOT use!

Streaming Movies

PopcornMovies is a website that lets you stream movies. I found it on the piracy reddit. That’s my main recommendation. Go on there and read it. Why pay $15 a month?

There’s a whole entry of different movie streaming websites which work well if you’ve got decent internet connection. The ones with the goat next to the URL name tends to be a better resource.

Conclusion

It’s easier to go on the r/piracy megathread and explore for yourself. There’s no need for a giant post about all of the niche things I found on their subreddit.