Known issueFixUpdated 2026-11-04 · -1 replies on Steam

Phantom Blade Zero crashes on startup – 0xC0000005 (Access Violation) (Workarounds)

Short answer

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: They broke the game because not updated, remove mods and if you have UESS4 thats the main culprit, remove it all, and game ran fine for me.

The problem

Hi everyone, I'm having a persistent issue with the Steam version of Phantom Blade Zero. When I launch the game, the startup logo appears, then the game crashes and returns to Steam without any error message. My system: - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - NVIDIA RTX 5090 - ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi - 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30 - Windows 11 Crash details: - Application: PBZ.exe -…

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What players suggest

Mods? They broke the game because not updated, remove mods and if you have UESS4 thats the main culprit, remove it all, and game ran fine for me.,

muppzOne

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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: crash, nvidia, amd, mods

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Known issueFix

RED Screen stuck

No confirmed fix yet. This is a known issue reported by players; check back after the next patch.

Known issueFix

Bugged after patch? Remove modss plus uess4

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: for me it was UESS4 that broke the game, it did not help removing the mods, when i removed UESS4 it worked so yeah

#mods

Known issueFix

Game won't launch after the update? It's your mods.

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: Uninstalled UESS4 and its back to normal so make sure to remove it with the mods, and wait for updated mods before installing again.

#crash#black-screen#launch#mods