Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous keeps crashing on PC

Some Windows users are not able to play Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous as the game is not launching on their computer. So, if Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous keeps crashing on your computer too, follow the solutions mentioned here to resolve the issue.

Why does Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous keeps crashing on my computer?

According to many avid gamers, who have been able to resolve the issue, the game keeps crashing because of a bug. Needless to say, Pathfinder developers are aware of this issue and are trying to rectify it.

Another reason could be incompatibility, if your system is not meeting the requirements, you won’t be able to play the game. Therefore, it is better to know the system requirements before installing the game (mentioned later).

Finally, there are some obvious reasons such as corrupted system files, outdated Graphics Driver, and more about which, we will be talking later in this article.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous keeps crashing

If Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous game crashes frequently on your Windows 11/10 computer, then use these solutions to resolve the issue:

Verify integrity of game files
Update your graphics driver
Delete Temporary Files
Install the latest game patch
Disable Overlays
Temporarily disable Anti-virus

Let’s start with the first fix.

1] verify the integrity of game files

Missing files as well as corrupted files cause a lot of trouble for gamers and stop them from having the time of their lives. Well if that’s the matter then rest assured that you won’t be facing it anymore after following these steps.

Open Steam and then navigate to the Library.
Click Properties after right-clicking on Pathfinder: Wrath of the righteous.
On the left corner, click the option LOCAL FILES.
Now, click VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES.

See whether crashing still persists or not. If yes then try the next fix.

2] Update your graphics driver

When a game starts crashing then one of the first things a gamer should do is to check the Graphics Driver. It is one of the most common factors that lead the game to crash. So, update your Graphics Driver and check if the issue persists.

3] Delete Temporary files

Many Windows users are able to resolve the issue by deleting the Temporary files.

To do that, navigate to the following locations, one by one, and delete the Pathfinder Wrath Of The Righteous folder.

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\Owlcat Games

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\Owlcat Games

Now, check if the issue persists

4] Install the latest game patch

Pathfinder developers are trying to fix the problem by releasing new patches. Steam will automatically download these new patches once the developer releases a new patch.

When you launch the game it will be installed so relaunch Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous to make sure that you are not facing the crashing again and the game still crashed then the next fix is there.

5] Disable overlays

Disabling Overlays stop them from intruding in a game’s functionality and as a result, stop it from crashing.

Go to the LIBRARY tab after opening Steam.
Click Properties after right-clicking on Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Untick the box of Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game.

If there are other apps with in-game Overlay features activated then make sure that you disable them.

Launch the game again, it will surely remove the problem.

6] Temporarily disable Anti-virus

More often you will see anti-virus software interpreting important game files as viruses and blocking them, as a result, some important functions get blocked, which will eventually, crash the game.

So, you can disable your Antivirus temporarily and check if the issue persists.

Hopefully, you are able to stop the crashing with the given solutions.

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