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Helldivers 2 - Known Bugs, Crashes & Community Fixes

8 February 2024
Helldivers 2

About this game

Helldivers 2 is a fast paced cooperative third person shooter where you enlist as one of Super Earth’s elite soldiers and fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy. Assemble in squads of up to four Helldivers and undertake strategic missions in which teamwork is essential and friendly fire is always a danger. Choose your own approach by customizing loadouts with powerful weapons, protective armor, and game changing stratagems that let you call in devastating support. Every operation earns Requisition that unlocks new gear and upgrades for you, your squad, and your destroyer, all feeding into a wider galactic war where capturing worlds, repelling invasions, and completing objectives pushes back relentless alien threats that exist on every planet you visit.

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Bugs, Crashes & Solutions

Switch to a different planet before launching a mission.
  • Delete the shader cache and the user settings file.
  • Launch the game again so both are regenerated.
How to Clear or Disable the NVIDIA Shader Cache
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Avoid placing Hellpods or Stratagems where they can interfere with the extraction shuttle’s landing path.
Update your NVIDIA drivers to the latest version.
How to Update Your GPU Drivers for Gaming
Related guideHow to Update Your GPU Drivers for Gaming
Use Steam’s “Check Game Integrity” to verify and re‑download any corrupted files.
How to Verify Game File Integrity (Steam, Epic, GOG, Xbox)
Related guideHow to Verify Game File Integrity (Steam, Epic, GOG, Xbox)
Check for other programs that use Ctrl+Shift shortcuts or overlays, and disable them or change their shortcuts.
How to Disable Overlays That Cause Crashes (Steam, Discord, NVIDIA, AMD, Xbox Game Bar)
Related guideHow to Disable Overlays That Cause Crashes (Steam, Discord, NVIDIA, AMD, Xbox Game Bar)
Update your motherboard firmware to the latest version.

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Known issues (no solution listed yet)

These are community-reported issues we don’t have a listed fix for yet. If something worked for you, share it.

  • Dynamic resolution or anti-aliasing settings trigger launch crashes

    Last reported: August 15, 2026

  • Game crashes on alt-tab after the August update

    Last reported: August 15, 2026

System requirements

Minimum

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470
  • Storage: 135 GB available space

Recommended

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT
  • Storage: 135 GB available space

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