Spider-Man 2 Debuts to 'Mixed' Steam Reviews Amid Serious PC Performance Problems

Spider-Man 2's PC port, despite promising initial performance benchmarks, has received a mixed reception on Steam, plagued by numerous technical issues. Currently, only 55% of Steam reviews are positive, with widespread complaints about crashes and instability.

High-end hardware isn't immune; users with RTX 4090 cards report frequent crashes, even with updated drivers. Many describe the game as "unplayable," citing crashes every few minutes, prompting refund requests. One user highlighted the game's instability, noting issues such as loading failures in cutscenes, extremely low frame rates, audio desynchronization, freezing, stuttering, and other performance problems.

The primary culprit appears to be frequent graphics driver crashes, even on powerful PCs. A common error message points to outdated drivers, excessive in-game settings, GPU overheating, or game errors.

Beyond crashes, users report problems with DLSS and ray tracing functionality, alongside lengthy loading screens, missing textures, and persistent audio glitches. Some players claim performance significantly degrades after extended play sessions, culminating in hard crashes, potentially due to memory leaks.

Nixxes Software, the porting studio, acknowledged the issues on the Steam forums, directing users to their support website for troubleshooting guides and requesting logs and crash dumps for efficient investigation. They also addressed a specific bug affecting photo-op missions, suggesting lowering graphics settings or resolution as a temporary workaround for low frame rates (below 20 FPS) during these sequences. The situation underscores the need for patches to address these widespread performance and stability problems.