Hi people, the topic says it all, actually unplayable for more than a few secs.

Has someone any idea how to fix this?

Can you provide more information? Any error messages or just going back to the desktop without further notice?
Have you checked the system requirements? It's surprising how much hardware power Deponia requires, esp. graphic memory.

I had the same problem and managed to solve it. Deponia 3 crash while showing the language select screen with the following Windows error message:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: deponia3.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.1
Application Timestamp: 52544e13
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.18247
Fault Module Timestamp: 521ea8e7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00037b34
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1031


Although on one occasion it showed "openal32.dll" as Fault Module Name, which helped me solve this annoying problem:

1. Try updating your soundcard or chipset audio driver (didn't help in my case)
2. Try renaming the "openal32.dll" in your Goodbye Deponia folder to "openal32.dll.bak" so the game uses the system library.

Step 2 did help in my case and everything is fine so far (haven't played much). If neither helps, undo step 2 and contact official support (support@daedalic.de).