Resident Evil 4 Remake: Fix Black Screen, Fatal Crash, Infinite Loading & More

Leon is back and is more prone to shell-shock than ever! Watch as your favorite former police officer slowly realizes that hope is nigh in the world he’s fighting in. He already stopped believing in justice during his six year retirement anyway so why not add more to the list? With a playable version available and with the initial release just a few days away, it might be best to get your computer in shape if you’ve experienced the misfortune of getting a black screen or crashing back to your desktop the moment the application opens up. Here’s how to fix the most common launch issues for RE4 Remake!

Fix Black Screen, Fatal Crash, Infinite Loading & More | Resident Evil 4 Remake

Games not functioning properly for the first time are slowly becoming more common for people who have hardware that barely meets the recommended requirements, but that doesn’t always mean you can’t get away with not getting to play entirely. Here’s a few things you can do to keep up with the game’s demands.

Download the latest drivers for your GPU along with DirectX and restart your computer.

Consider turning off Ray Tracing once the game manages to load in to the main menu.
Disable Steam Overlay by going to General and uncheck the feature while in-game.

Allow the .exe file to run without any restrictions on your antivirus.

Perform a clean reinstall if the issue persists.

How to reinstall in Steam

Select game in Steam > Manage > Uninstall.

Check steamapps folder, check the file path below, the last folder should not be visible, if so then manually delete it. The file path should look like this after:
Steam\steamapps\common

Verify integrity of game files:

Right click game > Local files > Verify integrity.

Try these methods and you’ll be putting down Spanish head crabs in no time. Another way of running the game without any issues is to lower your graphics settings for once. You’re not streaming anyway so there’s no need to run the game at 4K resolution!

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