Many players have reported that Marvel Rivals crashes a lot. For example, this is what a player said on the Steam forum: “Non-stop crashing… Marvel Rivals keeps crashing my PC, and I’m worried about it breaking my PC at this point. It’s the only game that ever crashes my computer.” Too much in-game crashing makes it hard to play Marvel Rivals. This is how you can fix regular in-game Marvel Rivals crashing on a Windows PC.
Adjust In-Game Marvel Rivals Settings
Players confirm they’ve fixed Marvel Rivals crashing by adjusting in-game graphical settings. Start your Marvel Rivals game and go into the Display tab. Then try setting the in-game Marvel Rivals as follows:
- Anti-Aliasing: TAAU
- AMD FSR3 Frame Generation: Disable
- NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Disable
- FPS Cap: 120 or 144
- Graphics Quality: Low
- Render Scaling: 85 to 90
The Marvel Rivals Display tab
Turn Off Steam Overlay
Disabling the Steam overlay is a player-confirmed way to fix in-game Marvel Rivals crashing. Applying this troubleshooting method can eliminate Steam overlay conflicts and also reduce graphics card load. This Steam page tells you where you can find that overlay setting. Toggle off that Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game setting.
The Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game setting
Turn Off Hardware Acceleration in Discord
Disabling hardware acceleration in Discord can fix in-game Marvel Rivals crashing because doing so can reduce conflicts and graphics card loads. Is Discord installed on your PC? If so, try turning off the setting for hardware acceleration in that software, like this:
- Start your Discord software.
- Click on the gear icon button in Discord.
- Select Advanced in the left sidebar.
- Click the toggle switch for Hardware Acceleration.
The Hardware Acceleration option
- Select the Change & Restart option.
Select Compatibility Options
Adjusting the compatibility options is another potential fix for in-game Marvel Rivals that’s worked for some players. Selecting the compatibility mode and administrator settings for the Marvel_Rivals_Launcher.exe file is what players confirm to have worked for them. You select those compatibility settings as follows:
- Open the Marvel Rivals installation folder within File Explorer. The Steam directory path for that folder is: Softwares > Steam > steamapps > common > MarvelRivals.
- Right-click MarvelRivals_Launcher.exe file to select Properties.
- Next, select Run this program as an administrator.
- Click on the checkbox for Run this program in compatibility mode for setting to select that option.
The Compatibility tab
- Select Apply to set the settings as selected and OK to exit the window.
Select High Performance Mode for Marvel Rivals
Does your PC have a couple of graphics cards? If so, try selecting High Performance mode for Marvel Rivals to ensure it’s utilizing your superior dedicated GPU. This is how to select the High Performance graphics setting for the Marvel Rivals game:
- Click on the taskbar’s Search box or button.
- Enter a graphics settings keyword.
- Select the Graphics settings inside the search results shown.
- Click the Add desktop app button to select the Marvel-Win64-Shipping.exe file.
- Select the Add option.
- Click on the Marvel Rivals game added.
- Select High Performance in the drop-down menu.
The High Performance option
Verify the Marvel Rivals Files
If there are corrupted MR game files, that could be the cause of your in-game Marvel Rivals crashing. To remedy that potential cause, run a Marvel Rivals verification scan in your Steam or Epic Games software. You can select the Verify option for Marvel Rivals, as covered on these Steam support and Epic help pages.
The Verify integrity option
Terminate Unneeded Background Apps
Disabling unneeded background apps will free up system resources and might also close some conflicting programs. For example, some players confirm they’ve fixed Marvel Rivals crashing by closing the Asus AI Suite before playing the game. You can close unneeded background apps like this:
- Access the Task Manager by utilizing its Ctrl + Shift + Esc key combination.
- Then, right-click on third-party background programs within the Processes tab to select End task.
The End task option
- Go into the Startup tab.
- Right-click the enabled third-party programs in the Startup tab to select Disable.
The Startup apps tab
- Then, right-click any remaining third-party app system tray icons to select options for closing them.
Other Possible Ways to Fix Regular In-Game Marvel Rivals Crashing
If the regular in-game Marvel Rivals crashing continues, there are other potential remedies you can try applying. These are some additional potential fixes for that crashing:
- Install a new graphics card driver with a method covered in this KeenGamer post.
- Uninstall Marvel Rivals to reinstall the game.
- Select the Disable fullscreen optimizations for Marvel Rivals on the Compatibility tab.
- Update Windows 11 as instructed on this Microsoft help page.
There probably isn’t any dead cert way to fix regular in-game Marvel Rivals crashing. However, the troubleshooting methods covered above have worked for some players who’ve fixed the crashing. If the game still crashes too much, you can try asking the NetEase support service for more potential fixes from this contact form page.
