Issue Type (Required):
Other
Issue Description (Required):
A Steam memory leak is causing a constant crash when booting up Darktide specifically
i currently, post march 17th 2026 update, cannot play the game
moments after reaching the character selection screen(2-4 seconds) Steam itself(not the game) baloons in memory usage, up to 4-6 gigs before the game inevitably lands a game/system crash(the steam memory leak can then keep expanding)
this only happens with Darktide
game was working fine pre-update yesterday and the day before(hadn’t played for a while but booted up the game no problems on sunday and monday march 15 and 16 2026)
no mods are in use, game is not patched for mods at all, appdata folder flushed, fresh install with files verified
i have attempted system reboots, problem persists
crash log:
GUID: 06c8f5a8-2e88-41ae-9fe5-143f56ea8ed1
Log File:
Info Type:
[Engine Error]: Deadlock detected while waiting on main thread. Update was not called for 16.1 seconds. You need to supply a crash dump or a crashify link in the report since we need both logs and crashdump to investigate this.
The issue could be related to the following modules found in the stack trace:
module ‘tier0_s64’. This module is related to Steam.
module ‘steamclient64’. This module is related to Steam.
Steps to Reproduce (Required):
1.boot game
2.go through all the splash art and intros
3.press spacebar to continue
4. reach character selection screen
5.wait 2-4 seconds
6.issue occurs
[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):
No, I don’t use mods
Reproduction Rate (Required):
Constant (100%)
Platform (Required):
PC - Steam
Upload Supporting Evidence (Optional):
[PC] Upload Console Log & darktide_launcher.log (Optional):
darktide_launcher.log (1.02 KB)
console-2026-03-17-20.23.26-06c8f5a8-2e88-41ae-9fe5-143f56ea8ed1.log (47.2 KB)
