Fix God of War Not Launching, Crashing & Freezing On PC

How to Fix God of War Crashing, Crash to Desktop (CTD), Freeze, Black Screen on PC
Step 1) Restart Your PC
Step 2) Do a clean installation of graphics driver:
Step 3) Laptop Users with dual graphics card run the game on dedicated graphics card
Step 4) Disable integrated graphics in device manager if you have one
Step 5) Desktop users: Connect the monitor to dedicated graphics card
Step 6) Disable iGPU Multimonitor in System BIOS
Step 7) Create save game folder
C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\Saved Games\God of War
Step 8) Allow the game exe file to your antivirus program or Windows Security
Step 9) Verify the game files
Step 10) Run the game as an administrator
Step 11) Disable Steam overlay and close all the overlay application
Step 12) Update Windows to the latest version
Step 14) If you have Windows 10 N Edition: Install Media Feature Pack
Step 15) Perform clean boot, close all the overclocking and background application
Step 16) Launch the game in Windowed mode, lower down graphics settings
Step 17) Uninstall and reinstall the game to the different drive.

[harshivnaik]

Hi. Disabling integrated graphics make the game work for me but i can't change graphics settings inside the game. Anu fixes? Would really appreciate it.

[nonutz]

Can you help me please why my god of war says you need at least D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1.

[venanciolizardo]

PERRIN
Thanks, after downloading nvidia updates the game launched perfectly!
Like and subscribed
U really helped me out

[RP-bpjs]

Guys I was playing all good yesterday, today I updated my gtx and now when i start the game my pc closing and opens again. Don’t know what to do I reverted the update and all but still nothing. If it doesn’t get fixed today I will ask for refund .

[SkjoldrUK]

Can't even get past the Sony intro video, starts juddering almost straight away, then the video stops, and then CTD everytime. I am running Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz on a Asrock Z490-Pro4 Motherboard, with 32gb Ram, and a GTX 3090Ti. Surely a good enough system to run this? Have tried all the tips I have found so far, and none work for me. Really hope to get it running.

Any ideas?

[simonpetersog]

What about my desktop, i5 4th gen Intel graphics 4600, 8 GB ram, NO graphics card.? Game is not even opening bro it just crashes after black screen within seconds and says there is a problem with the game .

[mahmouddermech]

after helping brok and updating kratos stuff when passing through the gate, an endless loading appears, and then I restarted the game and any save is endlessly loaded... any fix please ?

[relaxlyrics]

My game won't verify, unlike other games the verify speed it so low it would take days, I tried installing another ps4 port, days gone, and my speed of the verify files was 100 mb/s, when I install god of war it's 1mb/s, idk whats going on, do you please have a fix?

[h.kstudio]

I have problem when i install the game and run the game it work properly but when i shutdown the pc and then after opening the pc amd reopen the game it crashes by opening the game second time

[anonimowyszubrawca]

i disable intel card game working but now i cant change resolution

[ezioboiz-ieatchildren-]

my god of war says not responding every time i open game but works just fine after 2 min i downloaded the patch today and its happening

[bigboxtt]

1650 ti
ryzen 5 4600h
8gb ram
Don't know why freezing it doesn't matter which seeting I used even lowest setings 😭(maybe because is crack version)

[waelkamel]

I found the solution
Believe me it's just update windows and it will launch without problem

[bruhelbruh]

I get these weird visual glitches like the game runs fine, but doesn't fully render... I was thinking I can live with that for now, but at the first big guy you encounter the game just stops working. It doesn't freeze but I cannot move or pause the game. They just stand and look at each other. Would definitely recommend people wait before buying this one.

[adelardchipili]

Thank you brother I have been stressing on this game for hours

[SpreadTruth]

Nothing works on Epic Games, anyone got any ideas?

[Salagrim]

Thanks man rly nice guide how to fix it. I install Visual C++ files and my game running smooth. One more time thanks

[YenThyrea]

God of war PC it working,
So I can play all God of war, But God of war 3 & Association are No but will work soon.

[funwiththefamily-lmsf]

I don't if this is old but it helped me your getting my sub!

[flikooi]

First is Horizon zero optimization, now is god of wont launch god of crash~