SPRAWL zero Known Issues: Bugs, Crashes and Fixes

Collected from the Steam Bug Reporting forum and developer replies, 8–10 September 2026. MAETH asks for reports in that forum or on the Discord bug channels. The support email on the store page is Sprawlzerohelp@kwalee.com.

Progression and level bugs

Issue	Where	Status
Cannot progress at the capacitors	Maeth (level 6)	Reported with video; a second player hit it and restarting the mission did not help. No fix note yet.
Enemies stuck in walls, unkillable but still shooting	The Spire, and elsewhere	Reported by several players and in two reviews. Avoid knocking enemies into walls there.
Relics make no locator sound	Buried (2 of 3 relics)	REVEL: “have a fix for this coming!”
Silas sent “flying into the roof”	Final fight	Physics oddity, one report

Crashes

Issue	Fix or workaround
Fatal error after the splash screens on Steam Deck	Switch the Deck from the Preview firmware to Beta. See Steam Deck.
Crash when opening Settings or loading in full screen	Reported on Windows 10 with Nvidia; no fix posted yet.
Crash when pressing E to use the gloves (demo)	Reproducible on some systems in the demo; not reported yet for the full game.
Windows flags the demo as a virus	False positive reported for the demo; add an exclusion or reinstall.

Input

Keys stop working after Alt+Shift: Windows switches keyboard layout and the game reads only English. Remove extra layouts or rebind the objective key.
Mixed input stutter: gyro or controller plus mouse makes prompts flicker and the camera stutter.
Controller can’t select Execute on some mission briefings; use the mouse.
Multiple monitors: one player could not get the game to behave with more than one monitor connected.

Visual

Frame drops from dust and particles when landing or crouch-jumping on otherwise smooth systems.
Briefing screens don’t fit 4:3 and loading-screen text can go off screen.
Brazilian Portuguese is missing special characters in the mission-name font.

What MAETH has said

Asked about post-launch updates, REVEL replied: “absolutely! taking in every bit of feedback and working on fixes :)”. This page will be updated when the first patch notes land. Settings-related issues are in controls and settings.

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