How to fix Teardown Black Screen at launch on PC (Steam)

Teardown Black Screen
Teardown

Teardown is a physics-based sandbox game from Tuxedo Labs. The game is available on Steam as an Early Access title. Early Access titles usually have some technical issues that are addressed over time with patches and updates. If you are getting a Teardown Black Screen at launch error, here is how you can fix it.

The game came released on Steam on 29th October, and since then, it has overwhelmingly positive user reviews.

Teardown Black Screen at launch

The developers are aware of the black screen at launch issue and have provided a solution for it. This will hopefully be addressed in a near update. For now, you can follow the steps below to fix it.

  • Open Windows Run by either pressing the “Windows + R” keys together or searching for it in the search bar
  • Now, enter the following address, and press OK

%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Teardown

  • Here, replace the options.xml, with this file

After following the steps mentioned above, the issue should be fixed.

While you here, make sure you check out our other guides for the game as well.

Teardown System Requirements

To play the game on PC, you need the following specifications

Minimum

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Quad-Core CPU
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or better
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

Recommended

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7 or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 or better
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

Teardown on Steam

You can purchase the game on Steam, from the following link. The developers plan for the early access period to remain for at least a year.

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