Ready or Not keeps crashing on PC

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter. As an early access game released on 18 Dec, 2021, it has received overwhelmingly positive user reviews on Steam. However, just like any other early-access game, Ready or Not is not free from bugs and crashes. If Ready or Not keeps crashing on your PC, don’t worry! You’ve landed on the right page, and you should be able to fix this issue easily after reading this article.

System requirements of Ready or Not for Windows PC

Make sure that your PC meets the system requirements of Ready or Not first. If you don’t know the system requirements of the game, just take a glance at the table below:

System requirementsMinimumRecommended
OS:64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 1064-bit Windows 10
Processor:Intel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300AMD Ryzen 5-1600 / Intel Core i5-7600K
Memory:8 GB RAM8 GB RAM
Graphics:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GBNvidia GTX 1060 6GB or better
DirectX:Version 11Version 11
Storage:50 GB available space50 GB available space
Ready or Not system requirements

If your PC fails to meet the system requirements of the game, you may need to upgrade your PC first.

If it keeps crashing on your powerful PC, read on and try the fixes below.

Try these fixes

Whether the game crashes on startup or crashes in the middle of the game, you can find a fix to try in this article. You don’t need to try them all. Just work your way down the list until you find the one that works for you.

  1. Verify integrity of game files
  2. Update your graphics driver
  3. Install the latest game patch
  4. Disable overlays
  5. Temporarily disable anti-virus software
  6. Repair corrupted system files
  7. Perform a clean boot

Verify integrity of game files

If some important game files are missing or corrupted, the game would crash. But don’t worry, you can verify and repair game files easily on Steam. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Launch Steam and go to your Library.
  2. Right-click on Ready or Not and select Properties.
    Steam game properties
  3. Click Installed Files on the left, then click Verify integrity of game files. If Steam finds anything wrong with the game files, it will re-download them from its official server.
    Steam - how to verify integrity of game files

Depending on the size of the game files, it may take some time to verify all your game files.

Launch Ready or Not after the verifying process is complete and see if it crashes again. If this issue persists, try the next fix, below.

Update your graphics driver

Graphics drivers are essential to the functioning of video games. If Ready or Not keeps crashing on your PC, you likely have a corrupted or outdated graphics driver on your PC. So you should update your drivers to see if it fixes the game crashing issues.

You can update your graphics driver manually: first, go to the manufacturer’s download page (AMD / NVIDIA), then search your model and download the correct driver installer.

But if you don’t have the time, patience, or skills to update the driver manually, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy.

Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it. You don’t need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you don’t need to be troubled by the wrong driver you would be downloading, and you don’t need to worry about making a mistake when installing. Driver Easy handles it all.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to automatically updating your drivers with Driver Easy:

  1. Download and install Driver Easy.
  2. Run Driver Easy and click the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.
  3. Click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system. (This requires the Pro version – you’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All. If you’re not ready to buy the Pro version, Driver Easy offers a 7-day free trial which includes access to all the Pro features such as high-speed download and one-click install. You won’t be charged until the trial ends.)
  4. Restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
The Pro version of Driver Easy comes with full technical support. If you need assistance, please contact Driver Easy’s support team at support@drivereasy.com.

Install the latest game patch


VOID Interactive, the developer of Ready or Not, releases regular game patches to fix bugs and improve gaming performance. It’s possible that a recent patch has caused the game crash issue, and that a new patch is required to fix it.

If a patch is available, it will be detected by Steam, and the latest game patch will be automatically downloaded and installed when you launch the game.

Launch Ready or Not again and check if this fix works. If it didn’t work, or there was no new game patch available, move on to the next fix, below.

Disable overlays

According to many PC gamers, sometimes overlays may interfere with the game and even cause the game to crash. If you’re using overlays and the game crashes, you may need to disable those overlays.

If you’re using the Steam Overlay, try disabling Steam Overlay for Ready or Not and see if the game crashes again:

  1. Launch Steam and navigate to the LIBRARY tabright-click on Ready or Not. Then select Properties.
    Steam game properties
  2. Toggle off Enable Steam Overlay while in-game.

If you’re using other apps with overlay features (e.g. Nvidia GeForce Experience, Discord, Twitch, etc.), ensure you’ve disabled the in-game overlay in those apps feature.

Run the game and see if it crashes again. If this fix doesn’t work, try the next fix, below.

Temporarily disable anti-virus software

3rd party antivirus software may also interfere with game files. The game will crash when some game files are blocked by the antivirus software.

Try adding both the game folder and Steam as an exception to your third-party antivirus application. If necessary, temporarily disable the 3rd party antivirus application before launching the game.

Launch Ready or Not to see if it crashes after you disable the anti-virus software on your PC.

See if this fix works. If not, try the next fix, below.

Repair corrupted system files

Windows system file corruption sometimes will also crash the game. If you’ve played PC games for a long time, you may have already known that even a missing or corrupted .dll file (dynamic link libraries) would cause a game to crash.

If you don’t know how to repair the corrupted system files, try using Fortect. It’s a powerful tool that specializes in Windows repair and can help you repair all the corrupted system files quickly.

Fortect will compare your current Windows OS to a brand new and functioning system, then remove and replace all the damaged files with fresh Windows files and components from its continuously updated online database that contains a vast repository of system services & files, registry values, dynamic link libraries and other components of a fresh Windows installation.

After the repair process is done, Your PC’s performance, stability, and security will be restored and improved.

To repair corrupted system files using Fortect, follow the steps below:

  1. Download Fortect.
  2. Install and launch Fortect to scan your PC. This may take a few minutes.
  3. After the scanning process completed, Fortect will provide you with the PC scan summary.

    If there’s any issue, then click the START REPAIR button on the lower-right corner, and with just one click, Fortect will start repairing the Windows OS on your computer.

    Note: This is a paid service with a 60-day Money-Back Guarantee, which means that you’ll need to buy the full version to start repair.
Fortect comes with 24/7 Technical Support. If you need any assistance while using Fortect, feel free to contact them.

Perform a clean boot

Ready or Not would crash when there’s a certain app conflicting with the game. If you’re not sure which app is conflicting with the game, just follow the steps below to perform a clean boot, and you’ll find it out:

  1. On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to open the Run Dialog. Type msconfig and press Enter to open the System Configuration window.
    msconfig-win-10
  2. Navigate to the Services tab, check Hide all Microsoft services, and then click Disable all.
    system configuration
  3. Select the Startup tab and click Open Task Manager.
    system configuration
  4. On the Startup tab in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then click Disable.
    system configuration
  5. Go back to the System Configuration window and click OK.
    system configuration
  6. Click Restart to restart your PC.
    system configuration

Restart your PC and launch Ready or Not to check if the game crashes again. If not, open the System Configuration window again to enable services and applications one by one until you find the problematic software.

After enabling each service, you need to restart your PC to apply the changes.

Once you find out the problematic software that crashes Ready or Not, you can uninstall it to avoid game crashing issues in the future.

If the crashing issue reappears after you disable all the 3rd party apps and services, try reinstalling Ready or Not.

Normally, after reinstalling the game, you’ll be able to fix the crashing issue.

Tips:

If these common fixes didn’t help you fix the Ready or Not crashing issue, you can also try investigating Windows crash logs to analyze and troubleshoot the causes of the crash. For more details, see the article: How to view crash logs in Windows 10.


Hopefully, one of the fixes above helped you fix the Ready or Not crashing issue. Feel free to drop a line in the comment area below if you have any questions or suggestions. Thanks for reading!

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