How to Fix Grim Dawn Black Screen: 4 Easy Ways

Grim Dawn is a popular RPG game and players are saying that it has some errors that make it unplayable, like black screen, crashes, or FPS issues.

This game is similar to Diablo 3, and it brings complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting, and quests.

The most common Grim Dawn errors that players reported are black screen issues, crashes, FPS issues and not starting problems.

To easily fix these kinds of troubles, follow the methods below, where you will find workarounds and quick fixes.

How can I fix Grim Dawn’s black screen?

Table of contents:

1. Verify your game installation
2. Update the GPU drivers
3. Verify the integrity of the game cache
4. Manage your FPS settings

1. Grim Dawn crashes

1.1 Verify your game installation

1. Launch Steam your client.
2. Right-click Grim Dawn in your Library and choose Properties.
   
3. Select the “Local Files” tab.
4. Press the Verify integrity of game files button.
   

1.2 Update the GPU drivers

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Once installed, you can run a scan to check for any outdated or missing drivers. If any issues are found, the software will provide you with a list of recommended updates, then will automatically apply the best ones.

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The scanning process starts automatically once you launch the program and it only takes less than a minute to finish.

Using PC HelpSoft to update your drivers can help to mitigate games errors and crashes by automatically detecting outdated drivers and providing you with updated versions

For a more detailed guide, check how to update the graphics driver for better gaming performance.

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2. Game Not Starting

Some players reported they can’t even start the Grim Dawn game. Although they click Play in Steam Library, nothing happens or they receive this error “Executable not found”.

Below you can discover what people have to say about this annoying issue:

“Game won’t open since release update. It shows the game as running (green border on my Steam pic) for a few seconds and then goes back to blue. No popups, no errors, nothing. Did the repair.exe and it didn’t help. Any suggestions?”

“Game won’t start properly. Every time I turn the game on or try to run it, I get a black screen on half my monitor (other half is my desktop background). I can hear the game sound…or at least frogs croaking which I assume is part of the game. And I can see the mouse pointer changes to the hand pointer….but that’s as far as it gets.”

Follow the workaround below to fix this issue.

Workaround:

Your anti-virus software has mistakenly flagged Grim Dawn.exe as a virus and has deleted the game executable. Grim Dawn is thoroughly scanned for viruses before each and every patch. Add the Grim Dawn steam folder to your scan exclusion list (usually “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common/Grim Dawn”). Check your specific anti-virus documentation for how to do this, and see this post for more info.

After excluding the Grim Dawn folder from scanning, you will need to verify the game installation in Steam.

1. Open Steam.
2. Right-click Grim Dawn in your Library and choose Properties (as shown in the example below).
3. Select the Local Files tab.
4. Press the Verify Integrity of Game Cache button.
5. Steam will redownload the missing file.

If you receive a black screen when starting the game is usually the result of bad game settings. Run “Repair.exe” located in the Grim Dawn installation folder (usually “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common/Grim Dawn”) and try again.

Here are some additional solutions that might work if you can’t start the Grim Dawn game:

• Restart your gaming platform and computer
• Update your graphics drivers as shown above
• Run the game as an Administrator
• Make sure your system meets the minimum requirements for running the game

3. Grim Dawn FPS Issues

Grim Dawn has a few performance issues like freezes, troubles with the FPS, Low FPS, and FPS Drops. This is how players describe such problems:

“Constant freezing makes this game aggravating, I’m not a huge fan of losing an hour of progress strangely enough?”

“A couple of months ago, I could run this game fluently at 100+ fps everywhere, in any situation. Now, I can’t even run it stable over 80 fps, and in some areas, I go down to 45 fps, but it feels like a lot less.”

To fix this follow the tips below.

Tips:

You can cap the FPS to fix the performance issues. You can also try turning off the anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, then the rest of the settings on low. Just play with the setting until you find something that keeps you at constant fps.

Make sure your computer is not overriding the graphics settings also, for example, Nvidia GeForce experience thingy.

These solutions might also work if you’re experiencing Grim Dawn FPS issues:

• Update your GPU drivers as shown above
• Make sure you meet the minimum requirements for running the game
• Scan for malware or viruses

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We hope that our tips and solutions helped you fix your Grim Dawn errors and that now you are playing and enjoying the game.

If you are encountering any other issues or you find a workaround to hard to apply to your game, please comment below and we will help you.