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Red Dead Redemption 2 Crash While playing

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9565 · opened 2026-03-11 by D4rthM3m0 · updated 2026-03-11 · 1 comments · github
DD4rthM3m0 2026-03-11 github

steam-1174180.zip

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1174180

System Information

I confirm:

  • [ X] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [ ]X that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

Game starts without issues, you can play sometimes for a couple of minutes, some times hours, but sudenly the game freezes, and after a couple of seconds you get:

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Once you close the windows on the upper right corner X, the Ok button doesnt work, you get:

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Steams closes, goes back to the desktop and you see on the notificacions:

"kwin desktop effects were restarted due to a graphics reset"

You can sometimes re-open the game and keep playing, but sometimes you need a full reboot for the game to work, you can play other games no issue.

Reproduction

Play the game I suppose, I have already open a ticket with Rockstar, but doubfull they will help.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-03-11 github

Hello @D4rthM3m0, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3291#issuecomment-4042430312.

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