How to Fix Marauders Not Launching, Crashing, or Freezing

To fix Marauders not launching, crashing, or freezing, you can try updating your graphics card, running the game as an administrator, or allowing it in your antivirus.

You can also try disabling overlays/conflicting programs, repairing/verifying the game files, or updating Windows.

Marauders is an FPS multiplayer game set in the 1990s where The Great War never stopped.

Earth has been industrialized to its breaking point and many have escaped to the stars.

Space mercenaries are known as “Marauders” where players will gear up and pilot their ships.

Salvage anything that you can and survive by upgrading your gear, uncovering loot, and embarking on asteroids.

Watch out for other players doing the same and end their expeditions.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to fix Marauders not launching, crashing, freezing, or having a white/black screen.

Fix 1: Update your graphics card

Fix 2: Run Marauders as an administrator

Navigate to your Steam library.
Right-click Marauders > Properties > Local Files > Browse.
Right-click the Marauders app > Properties > Compatibility > Run this program as an administrator > Enable > OK > Launch the game.

Fix 3: Allow Marauders in your antivirus

Open the Windows settings > Privacy & Security > Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Manage ransomware protection > Allow an app through Controlled folder access > Add an allowed app > Browse all apps > select the Marauders app > Open.
Open the Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Defender Firewall > Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall > Change settings > Allow another app… > Browse… > select the Marauders app > Add.
Turn off Real-time protection: Open the Windows settings > Privacy & Security > Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Manage settings > Real-time protection > Off.

Fix 4: Disable overlays/conflicting programs

Navigate to your Steam library > right-click Marauders > Properties > Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game > Disable.
Open Steam > Steam > Settings > Downloads > Clear Download Cache.
Unplug the Logitech or Thrustmaster racing wheel.
End the task for Razer Synapse or MSI Dragon Center.
Close all of your tabs to free up RAM and relaunch the game.

Fix 5: Repair/verify the game files

Navigate to your Steam library.
Right-click Marauders > Properties > Local Files.
Click on “Verify integrity of game files”.
Launch Marauders.

Fix 6: Update Windows to the latest version

Search for “Check for updates” using Windows Search.
Update Windows to the latest version.
Launch Marauders.

How to Fix Marauders Not Launching, Crashing, or Freezing