HELLDIVERS 2 – How to Fix Matchmaking and Other Issues

This guide is for fixing matchmaking, not server queues. Also it helps to fix blackscreen issue.

Guide to Fix Matchmaking

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Matchmaking seems to have been disabler per last patch, you can use the pre-update game.dll file to enable matchmaking again

Option 1 – Download via Steam

How to Download it yourself via Steam:

• Open Steam console:

steam://nav/console

• Run the following command:

download_depot 553850 553853 6737583239230239718

• Wait till download is completed (can take up one hour)
• Go to your Steam installation/ steamapps/ content/app_553850/depot_553853/data/game
• Copy game.dll file
• Go to Helldivers 2 installation / data / gameReplace the game.dll there with the one you copied from depot download folder

Option 2 – Download From Third Party

Simply Download the old game.dll and put in this folder location:

• x:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Helldivers 2\data\game

The DLL link is available in this google drive.

How to Fix Black Screen Problem

1. Delete user config here C:\Users(USER)\AppData\Roaming\Arrowhead\Helldivers2 or type “%AppData%” after using windows search which is Windows button + R
2. Repaired windows Visual C++ Redistributable for x64 and x86
3. Verify Integrity
4. Restart PC.
5. Run game.

I am unsure of what is causing the black screen but doing these steps fixed it for me.