How to fix Crusader Kings 3 Crash at Launch on PC (Steam/Windows Store)

Crusader Kings 3 Crash at Launch
Crusader Kings 3

Crusader Kings 3 is a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. The title is finally available on PC and is one of the highest-rated games of the year. It is the latest entry in the highly popular series and is doing well on PC. There are a few technical issues users are facing, but nothing that can’t be easily fixed. If you are running into the Crusader Kings 3 Crash at Launch on PC, here is how you can fix it.

The game has Very Positive reviews on Steam, and over 90,000 players were playing it at launch, making it one of the biggest Steam releases of the year. It also has a Metacritic score of 91.

Crusader Kings 3 Crash at Launch

If you running into a crash at launch while trying to run this game, it’s likely you have an outdated GPU driver. Players are seeing the “Failed to create render backend” error when it doesn’t launch. To fix this simply update your GPU drivers from the following links.

While you are here, make sure you check out our other guides for Crusader Kings 3 as well.

CRUSADER KINGS 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To play this game on PC, you need the following specifications

MINIMUM

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows® 8.1 64 bit or Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
  • Processor: Intel® iCore™i3-2120 or AMD® FX 6350
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 (1GB) or AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2GB), Intel® Iris Pro™ 580 or Intel® Iris® Plus G7 or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 11
  • Storage: 8 GB available space

RECOMMENDED

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
  • Processor: Intel® iCore™ i5-4670K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1650 (4GB) or AMD® Radeon™ R9 390X (8GB)
  • Storage: 8 GB available space

CRUSADER KINGS 3 ON STEAM

You can now purchase the title on Steam from the following link

CRUSADER KINGS 3 ON WINDOWS STORE

You can now purchase the title on Windows Store from the following link

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