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Glory To The Heroes crash on launch (Server Slam)

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November 4, 2026

Steam Discussions — "game crash when I start the game no error" ↗

The game opens, shows loading dots in the bottom-right corner for a moment, then closes itself with no error dialog at all — no code, no message.

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This was the single most-reported problem during the September 18–20, 2026 Server Slam playtest: a Steam Discussions thread posted right as the weekend opened ("The game crashes right after i open it") drew at least ten separate players confirming the identical symptom within hours, with no fix found by any of them despite different hardware. Nobody in that thread traced it to a driver, mod or setting on their own machine, and the timing — a wave of identical crashes the moment a large, previously-closed playtest opened to the public — points at the client failing during its first connection/handshake to Deaf Tone Games' infrastructure rather than a local install problem. This is a playtest-era report, not a launched game's live-service outage; treat it as evidence about how the game behaves under a Server Slam's opening rush specifically.

Reports continue on the Early Access build. A Steam Discussions thread titled "Crash" (one reply, "same anyone have any ideas why?") was still getting posts on October 10, 2026, with no fix given. Patch 0.1.1 lists a fix for a fresh-install frame-generation setup that could cause a startup GPU hang, but nobody has said it resolves these crashes.

Patch 0.1.6 (October 26, 2026) adds a startup troubleshooting prompt for one local cause the developers name: antivirus software blocking the game, which leaves the main menu with no working UI. On November 2 a developer named a second likely cause: another copy of the game still running.

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What to try

01
Follow the startup troubleshooting prompt, then press Retry UI
If the game opens but the main menu never becomes usable, wait 30 seconds. Since Patch 0.1.6 (October 26, 2026) the game then shows a startup troubleshooting prompt, which Deaf Tone Games says covers antivirus software blocking the game. Follow its steps, then press Retry UI.
Confirmed
02
Restart your PC so only one copy of the game is running
If you're stuck looking at your character in a field with no UI or menu, a Deaf Tone Games developer said in a Steam thread (November 2, 2026) that it's most likely "more then one process of the game" running and blocking the UI. Restart your PC, or end the extra process in Task Manager, then launch again. The thread's poster said restarting fixed it.
Reported
03
Rename the Saved\Config folder to Config_backup (one report)
One player in a Steam thread (October 16, 2026) says the game starts normally again after renaming C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\GloryToTheHeroes\Saved\Config to Config_backup. The thread's original poster hasn't confirmed it.
Unconfirmed
04
Retry after a few minutes rather than repeatedly relaunching
Retry after a few minutes rather than repeatedly relaunching — several of the affected players reported this happened in the first hour the Server Slam opened to the general public, when the largest number of players were connecting at once.
Unconfirmed
05
Verify game files through Steam and update graphics drivers
Verify game files through Steam (right-click the game → Properties → Installed Files → Verify integrity of game files) and confirm your graphics drivers are current — standard first steps, though no one in the reporting thread confirmed either one fixed this specific crash.
Unconfirmed
06
Make sure Patch 0.1.1 installed (unconfirmed for this crash)
Deaf Tone Games says Day One Patch 0.1.1 wasn't auto-installing for some players; run "Verify integrity of game files" to pull it (see the can't-connect page). Its notes include a fix for a startup GPU hang on fresh installs, but no one has confirmed it fixes this crash.
Unconfirmed
07
No known fix exists outside the opening rush
If it persists outside a playtest's opening rush, this has no known fix yet — nobody in the Steam Discussions thread reported success with reinstalling, verifying files or driver updates.
Unconfirmed

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Launch game > Black loading screen with scrolling dots > Dots scroll once then game closes
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Glory To The Heroes crash on launch (Server Slam)

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