The game is going to launch within Steam either way, but doing this gives you an easy shortcut. exe to Steam by, within the Steam interface, clicking 'Games', then 'Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library', and then browsing to and selecting that same executable. If you went for the default location when downloading from Steam, that's probably C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Mount & Blade II Bannerlord\bin\Win64_Shipping_Client.īrowse to that location, double-click the 'Bannerlord.exe' you'll find inside, and you'll reportedly be able to open and close the game without issue. The issue is caused by Bannerlord's launcher, and you can avoid that launcher entirely if you start the game directly via it's executable. Thankfully user Raineacha found a fix and shared it on the game's official forum.
Some users are reporting that, after exiting, the game doesn't actually close and continues to eat up resources.
There's a really helpful list of known issues collated on Steam by the user "LawH", who is doing the lord's work here. Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord known critical issues.Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord bug fixes and workarounds.Some workarounds have been found, as well as causes for critical errors, so we'll list the most troublesome ones here for your convenience. Some are funny, like the baby mode pictured above, but many are really not amusing at all. Performance issues are plentiful and many have complained about it. Let's just say that Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord has had a bit of a rough start.