Wondering why your game keeps crashing? Here are most 12 ways to stop games crashing.
When we purchase a game we want it to simply run. Though that is what happens in most cases, but in some your games keep crashing. It makes us frustrated. We wonder what could be the problem? It can be both a problem in your hardware or the game itself.
Finding the problem all by yourself why your game is crashing can be difficult. Here I am sharing some most probable reasons and how to fix them. So enjoy reading!
Why Does Your Games Keep Crashing?
If you do not know why your game is crashing you can use Windows Event Viewer Tool. This tool will help you get a diagnostic report and let you know where the problem is.
There are many demo versions of original games available online for free. You can check those demo versions whether it works correctly or not.
Normally any major game publisher does not have mistakes in game. So if you are playing game from a major publisher, you can look for the following reasons:
- Your computer does not meet required specification
- You overclocked too high
- The settings you choose during installing is wrong
- Your graphic card can not support the game
- Your pc operating system is outdated
- Your device drivers are outdated
- The Internet is too slow
- Digital Rights Management is causing problems
- Games are running in the wrong mode
- Your firewall is crashing the game
- Your VPN is slowing and crashing the game
- You have too many tabs open
Let is have a discussion with the above points in details:
1. Your PC Specification Is Low
This may seem childish for many, but a lot people still install a game before checking the specs. I guess you do not take a smartphone charger and plug it into your laptop. Then why should you not check the system requirements before purchasing a game?
You can check for the required specifications in the description of the game. Or else if you purchase a hardcopy, you can get system requirements section in the back of the box. Moreover, you can simple Google the required specification for your game.
If you do not have the required specification, you game may keep crashing. The only way to fix this it to upgrade to the required specifications. Upgrading your system may range from a OS upgrade to even a whole new laptop.
2. Games Crashing Due To Overclocking
Overclocking is a popular term for a lot of gamers. Gamers overclock their CPU to boost performance. Though overclocking can have positive results when system has a proper ventilation.
But it is not a good way to increase system performance. Games can still crash.
You can troubleshoot your overclocked CPU when your game crashed. Or you can also try resetting processor to default settings. If this does not work, then the game is crashing due to something else.
3. PC Keeps Crashing While Gamming For Wrong Settings
A lot of games have a dedicated video settings. This is to help you get the most out of the game. Nowadays normally games use settings compatible with your hardware.
But that does not happen some time. And this leads to crashing your game and sometime your whole PC crashes for the game.
To fix this you can open the settings of the game, and try to lower the video quality of the game. Do this until you find your game is not crashing and you get a good visual too.
But sometime if your graphics is too poor, you may have the need to buy a new graphics card.
4. Your Graphics Is Not Getting Enough Power
Now if you have a good graphics card and CPU, still have a problem? It may be due to your Power Supply Unit (PSU). PSU is responsible for providing power to your computer. It takes power from your wall outlet and powers up your PC. Having a bad PSU will not be able to provide enough power. And due to lack of power your system will not be able to function properly and crash.
So, apart from having a good CPU and graphics card you need a good PSU also. Without sufficient power, good graphics will not function.
5. Games Keep Crashing? Upgrade OS
Operating System is another major factor for your games to run properly. Even with proper hardware, if you do not have the right operating system your game will crash. Games mention some specification of Operating System and minimum version. Most games on Windows run on Windows 8 and above.
A lot games can also run on Ubuntu and other Linux distros if you have proper hardware and compatibility. But most games that run on Apple environment require at least OS X 10.4 (Mojave).
Also you must note that most games from good publishers run on 64-bit system.
6. Update Device Drivers
Even after having the basic requirements for your game, sometime the game still crash. This might be your drivers are old. You may also check to update your drivers before you think about paying up to update your hardware.
- You can update your drivers by going to the manufacturer’s website and install. Sometimes after installing, you might require to restart your PC.
- You may require some particular patches for a particular game. These patches will be available in the manufacturer’s website. Most games automatically check for driver updates also.
- Upgrading your Operating System might be required to update some drivers.
- Also check for Graphic drivers for your graphics card.
7. Game Keeps Crashing Because Of Network Issues
If you play games online, games can crash due to slow connections. A slow connection delay the game client updated by the remote server.
Try to have a good stable connection before online gamming. Normally ethernet cable gives faster speed then Wi-Fi, so you could choose a ethernet cable.
8. DRM Can Crash Your Game
If you have a internet problem, then DRM can crash your game. Digital Rights Management will check with their remote server for any suspicious activities. But a network issue can let DRM crash the game.
If your game has a offline version, you can try that. Or else you will be left with no other choice other than to uninstall the game.
9. You Choose A Different Mode In Windows 10
Your game might crash even if you are all ready to go. It can be due to your background apps crashing the game.
You can try closing all the other apps and try again. In windows 10, you have a special mode call game mode.
You can turn on game mode by going to setting>Gamming>Game Mode.
Game Mode in Windows will prevent other apps from causing trouble. Also this mood will give additional boost wile playing the game.
10. Your Antivirus Or Firewall Is Crashing The Game
As we discussed before background apps can crash the games. Similarly, you may know that Antivirus and Firewall actively run on background. Antivirus and Firewall search for any miscellaneous software. But sometime antivirus may block some features of your game, this might lead to crashing your game.
You can temporarily disable your antivirus by going to its settings.
11. VPN Is Crashing The Game
If you are using a VPN while playing online game, you can face this issue. Some time VPN causes games to crash due to higher latency.
Suppose you are playing a game on an Asian server with physical location in Asia and having a US VPN server. It will cause game to be much slow and crash. Another similar reason for slow network over VPN is server over load. If your VPN server is overloaded then it will result in same slow connections.
You can try to turn off VPN and play if possible. Or else, try to upgrade to a good VPN plan or try some other VPN provider. Sometimes changing you gamming schedule may also help, as VPN servers are not overloaded throughout the day.
12. A Lot Open Browser Tabs Will Crash The Game
Previously we discussed about closing the background apps. But you may want to know that a lot open browser tabs can also crash your game.
If you were with your work, do try to close them before gamming. If you have 15 open browser tabs it will definitely crash the game.
So close all the unnecessary tabs or open them in you mobile and happy gamming!
