The hotfix has thankfully brought the game back to its previous level of instability, which is a big improvement from 1.0.0.4, so that's nice.

After a full re-install with the latest installer and the hotfix the game still freezes and crashes, when:

1) I've been playing for a while - the longer, the more likely, and,

2) I exit the game either to the main menu or the desktop.

The game then freezes, and any attempt to exit it using Windows key shortcuts (Alt-Tab, Ctrl-Alt-Del) results in a black screen. Everything still seems to be running, but you can't see it.

(Tip!: using Ctrl-Alt-Del, than pressing the up arrow twice, then pressing Enter will restart Windows properly, getting you out of having to use the reset button. But best to never use the in-game menu: when quitting or changing characters, Alt-Tab out of the game and close the program from the task bar.)

Did anyone who experienced this on previous versions ever manage to solve it?

Ah, came here to post this. On 1.0.0.3 ist did not happen all too often on one of my 2 PCs where I play Grim Dawn.

At the current version though it happens *often* on *both* PCs.

This really needs a fix now and is VERY annoying. I always power down the PC via the power button (short press, regular OS shutdown triggered).

No, no solution yet. Nothing else much running; both PCs feature completely different hardware so I don't see an conflicting issue there either.

I also don't really like the description of the current hotfix either: performance issues.. yeah..

I can confirm this too.

Grim Dawn 1.0.0.4 OP by the way is crashing on random areas specially when exiting caves and going to the Main Menu.

I had to revert to 1.0.0.3 which is still more stable.

The hotfix to .5 is about as stable for me as .3 was - not very, but not unplayable like .4.

It's been weeks since the last update. Anyone know anything about a new update to fix the random game crashes in-game and exit?

I had one crash when I was doing strange things with rifts...

Haven't had one since or before...

Might be something your end.