Horizon Zero Dawn Keeps Crashing on PC? Here are the Fixes

 Horizon Zero Dawn is the most famous action role-playing game worldwide. When Horizon Zero Dawn crashes, it can be very frustrating for gamers. If the game crashes, it may be because of your PC, or caused by a glitch with the game itself. Fortunately, there are several ways to fix this issue. In this blog, we will discuss the best ways to fix the issue. So, without further ado, let’s get started.

Confirm Game Files on Steam

You should confirm game files on Steam by following these steps provided below:

1. Launch the Steam client and reach the LIBRARY section.
2. Go to the ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ and right-click on it, then choose the option of Properties.
3. Once you reach the prompt screen, go to the section of LOCAL FILES, and pick the ‘VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES’ option.
4. Now, launch the ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ game.

Turn off In-Game Overlays

You should turn off in-game overlays by following these steps provided below:

1. Reach the left side of the Steam client and choose the Steam option, then pick the Settings option.
2. Thereafter, click on the ‘In-Game’ through the left side menu.
3. Beneath the section of ‘Steam Overlays,’ untick these checkboxes.
4. Later, hit on the OK button.
5. Finally, launch the game.

Installing Every Windows Update

Follow these steps:

1. First, launch the Settings app.
2. Now, select the ‘Update & Security’ option.
3. You should click on the ‘Check for updates’ option and wait for Windows to download the applicable updates.

Modify In-Game Display Mode

You can modify the in-game display mode by following these steps provided below:

1. First, open the ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ then reach the Settings option.
2. Then reach the Display section and change the Display mode to Borderless.
3. Now, reboot the game.

Enhance Virtual Memory

You can enhance virtual memory by following these steps provided below:

1. Hit the Windows icon to open the Search section.
2. After that, insert ‘advanced system settings’ into it and select the OK button to launch the ‘View advanced system settings’ screen.
3. Beneath the section of Performance, select the Settings option.
4. Once you get the prompt, reach the Advanced section.
5. Underneath the section of ‘Virtual memory,’ choose the Change option.
6. Go to the ‘Automatically manage paging file size for all drives’ box and untick it.
7. Later, click on the ‘Customize size’ section.
8. Input Maximum size and Initial size sections according to the PC’s physical memory.
9. After entering the virtual memory size, select the ‘Set’ option, and hit the OK button to apply the changes.
10. Finally, restart the system.

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Ava Williams is a McAfee product expert and has been working in the technology industry since 2002. As a technical expert, Ava has written technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as mcafee.com/activate.