Crusader Kings 3 – Stuck at Initializing Game – How to fix

Crusader Kings 3 stuck at initializing game – Is Crusader Kings 3 stuck at the initializing game screen for you? Is it really a bug? Is there a fix? Lets find out.

Crusader Kings 3 – Stuck at Initializing Game – How to fix

One of the most anticipated titles of 2020, Crusader Kings 3, has finally launched. The game managed to get extremely good reviews so far and it doing really well. The fans who have been waiting for almost 8 years can finally rejoice.

Apparently a lot of people who bought Crusader Kings 3 on Steam or the Xbox app, are complaining about the game being stuck at the initializing game screen. No matter what they do, the game is reluctant to load.

People have been trying all types of things. Like restarting the game, restarting Steam, restarting the Xbox app, restarting their PC, etc. But nothing seems to help.

So is this some sort of a bug or glitch? Well, the truth is this is neither a bug nor a glitch. When the game is showing that it is initializing, it means that it is getting things ready for you to play. This more or less is a one time process so it is taking so long. The game is also pre-setting the display settings that are best suited for your system. You just have to be a bit patient.

There are a lot of elements in the game so a proper initialization is required to avoid performance issue. The process is really fast on a SSD but HDD users would have to be a bit patient.

If you check out the discussions page of Crusader King 3 on Steam. You will get a good idea about the situation.


If you think this guide had helped you then let us know in the comment section below. Also, if you are facing problems that are not mentioned on this article then also you can comment below. We will try come out with a fix. Good luck!


That’s all folks!

Last Updated on September 1, 2020