However, its no surprise to suffer some issues like Assassins Creed Shadows black screen during the gameplay.

In the following sections, we collect some troubleshooting methods to help you get rid of this issue.

Right-hit the shortcut of Steam and the game on your desktop and selectProperties.

tick Run this program as an administrator

In theCompatibilitytab, check theRun this program as an administratoroption.

Click onApply&OK.

Solution 2: Modify Launch Options

Another way is to modify the launch options.

hit Roll Back Driver in Device Manager

Scroll down to locateAssassins Creed Shadowsand right-tap on it to chooseProperties.

In theGeneraltab, throw in-dx11or-dx12in the launch options section and save the change.

Solution 3: Roll Back Graphics Driver

Step 1.

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Typedevice managerin the search bar and hitEnter.

ExpandDisplay adaptersand right-hit your graphics card driver to selectProperties.

In theDriversection, click onRoll Back Driver.

verify integrity of game files in Steam

Do you get an RTX 5090 graphics card?

How to download, install, or update the RTX 5090 drivers?

This post contains all the answers you need.

To do so:

Step 1.

Go toDocuments>Assassins Creed Shadows>ACShadows.ini.

Open this file and changeVSyncModes value to0.

(VSyncMode=0)

Step 4.

Solution 5: Turn off G-Sync

Step 1.

Right-choose your desktop and selectNVIDIA Control Panel.

In the left pane, click onDisplay.

Tap onSet up G-Syncand uncheckEnable G-SYNC.

Thankfully, you could easily repair them via the Steam client.

Heres how to do it:

Step 1.

LaunchSteamand findAssassins Creed ShadowsinLibrary.

Right-press the game and selectProperties.

In theLocal Filestab, hitVerify integrity of game files.

Head toUpdates & Security.

In theWindows Updatesection, click onCheck for updates.

If you are bothered by the same issue, try them one after another.

Most importantly, dont forget to back up crucial data with MiniTool ShadowMaker in case anything goes wrong.