Vermintide 2 Crashing: How to Fix & Avoid Crashing on Startup

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has launched for PC and consoles and like many PC ports, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is also a victim of issues like Vermintide 2 crashing on the computer.

Here we will discuss all the errors that PC players have been experiencing while trying to play the game and will also provide you with a possible fix or a workaround so that you can play the game without any problems.

Although the game optimization, some gamers are complaining about game-breaking bugs. They are saying that Vermintide 2 keeps crashing on startup, mid-game, or on launch when trying to play the game.

So go ahead and check if you match the system requirements, you can find them below, and after that search for your issue in our guide and fix it!

Why does my Vermintide 2 keep crashing?

In most cases, you will encounter crashes in this game because the game files are corrupted, you’re running an outdated graphics driver or you have blocking background apps.

Not only that, it may happen due to insufficient PC specifications that don’t meet the game minimum system requirements. Check them below to be sure.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

How to fix Vermintide 2 crashing on startup & on mid-game?

1. Fix the game files
2. Reinstall or update drivers
3. Close background programs
4. Reinstall the Visual C++ 2015 Redistributables

1. Fix the game files

1. In the Steam app, go to Library.
2. Right-click the game and click on Properties.
3. Change to Local Files and click on Verify integrity of game files.
   
   
4. Now, wait for the corrupted files to be repaired.

2. Reinstall or update drivers

1. Access Device Manager on the desktop.
   
2. On Display adapters, right-click on the display driver.
3. Click on Update driver from the context menu.
   
4. Go for Search automatically for the driver.
   
5. Restart your PC.

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3. Close background programs

1. Start Task Manager on the desktop.
   
2. Select the Processes tab.
3. Right-click on any running apps and select End process.
   
   
4. Repeat the action for all interfering apps.

4. Reinstall the Visual C++ 2015 redistributables

You should make sure that Vermintide 2 runs functional Microsoft Visual C++ redistributables because the libraries are required for the game to work. A damaged installation will also generate crashes in the game.

Uninstall outdated Visual C++ 2015 redistributable > go to the Microsoft website, and install the new Visual C++  2022 Redistributables.

Warhammer Vermintide 2 related issues

Some players are complaining that after playing normally for a few hours their game starts all of a sudden crashing.

Workarounds:

• Add the game manually to Firewall Exceptions
  Sometimes the firewall exception window doesn’t appear and the user will have to add the game manually.
• Turn off Steam Overlay for Warhammer II
  Go to your library, open up the Properties of Warhammer II. In the General tab > disable Steam Overlay.
• Disable mods you’ve installed, or just remove them. Some people have installed mods that may cause your game to crash. If you do have mods installed, remove them just to be sure.

Warhammer Vermintide 2 Not Launching

You press Start in the Steam library and nothing happens? It’s not just you, most of the players are encountering this annoying issue and they are unable to launch the game.

Not Starting workarounds:

• Disable your antivirus and your windows firewall
• Verify the integrity of the game cache
• If none of the solutions above helped and you still can’t launch your game, you can use our tool to help you do that. For more details, check the tutorial at the end of the post!

Warhammer Vermintide 2 Performance Issues

Performance issues are common in a new-release game. You just need to optimize your PC a little bit and make some tweaks and you will get the perfect frame rates after that.

Optimization workarounds:

• Set a preferred graphics processor
• Go to Nvidia’s Driver Support page. – Follow either Option 1 (manually entering device information) or Option 2 (automatically scanning and detecting device information) to determine the appropriate software version.
• Go to AMD’s Driver Support page. – Ether manually enter your device information under “Download Drivers” on the right or download the tool

We hope that by now you managed to fix your Warhammer Vermintide 2 crashing and that you are enjoying the game. If you have any questions or if you don’t know how to fix an issue, you can comment below.