Fix Balatro Crashing, Crash To Desktop/Crash on Startup & Freezing On PC
1Fix Balatro Crash to desktop CTD/Crash On Launch,Fix Balatro Crash on Startup PC,Fix Balatro Crashing, Freezing & Black Screen Issue on PC
Step 1) Restart your PC
Step 2) Disconnect the controller, launch the game, you can connect the controller after launching the game
Step 3) Change the Windows Display Scale to 125/100 percent
Step 4) Run the game as an administrator from the game installation folder, also try compatibility mode and disable full screen optimization
Step 5) Make a right click on game exe file\properties\compatibility\change high dpi settings\override high DPI scaling\Application
Step 6) Allow the game to Antivirus program and Windows Security
Step 7) Verify the game files
Step 8) Try these in launch options
-dx11
-dx12
Step 9) Rename/Delete the save game files (You will lose all the game progress)
Step 10 ) Do a clean installation of graphics driver
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/
https://www.amd.com/en/support
Step 11) Laptop users with dual graphics card: Run the game on dedicated graphics card
Step 12) Install Visual C++ files
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads
Step 13) Increase the Virtual Memory:
View Advanced system settings
Initial Size: 1.5 x Total Ram
Maximum Size: 3 X Total Ram
Step 14) Update Windows 10/11 to the latest version
Step 15) Unplug external devices, disconnect all the additional USB adapter connected to PC, disconnect additional joystick/controllers connected, disconnect multiple monitors, disable Steam Overlay, close all the overlay apps (Discord, GeForce Experience, Nvidia shadow play overlay, AMD overlay), Close all the overclocking app such as MSI Afterburner, riva tuner etc. Turn off Razer Synapse (razor lighting effects) and MSI Dragon Center, corsair software, end nahimic services & lightingservice.exe in task manager, close Firefox/chrome browser and third-party app, remove the undervolt, perform clean boot
Step 16) If able to launch the game avoid using Alt+Tab, switch to Windowed mode
Step 17) Uninstall the game, delete the game files, restart your PC and reinstall the game to C Drive/Another SSD