Being free-to-play has boosted Splitgate's popularity. With more people playing this fast-paced arena shooter, issues and bugs are bound to be more prevalent. One such issue is Splitgate not launching on Steam. This can be quite frustrating, especially when you don't have much time and just want to play a game or two.
You can do a couple of things to prevent this issue from happening and fix Splitgate not launching. Most solutions tend to be easy to implement and only take a few steps. You can try the below methods to resolve this problem.
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- Make sure your PC meets the minimum requirements.
- Update Splitgate/Windows/Drivers.
- Verify integrity of game files.
- Run Splitgate as an administrator.
- Launch Splitgate in Windowed Mode.
- Close Steam overlay.
- Restart Steam.
- Restart your PC.
- Uninstall and reinstall Splitgate.
Chances are, the issue is a simple problem, and one of these should fix it. Game crashes and not launching are fairly common and typically occur at least once or twice in a game's lifetime. Unfortunately, this can occur in Splitgate like any other game. Should the issue persist, try reaching out to the community's Discord server or on Reddit. You can also try contacting the developers themselves.
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