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Dead Space (2023)

1 guide · updated Jul 16, 2026

Black screen on launch

CrossOver 25

The game starts but shows nothing except a black screen. It launches in exclusive fullscreen, which doesn't render under CrossOver.

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Dead Space (2023) boots straight into exclusive fullscreen, and that mode comes up as a black screen under CrossOver — the game is actually running, you just can’t see it. Switching it to windowed mode in the config file brings the picture back.

Edit the render setting

  1. Fully quit Dead Space first. If it’s still running (even as a black screen), it will overwrite your change when it closes.

  2. Open this file in any text editor:

    ~/Documents/Dead Space (2023)/settings/steam/ProfileOptions_profile
    

    In Finder, press ⌘⇧G and paste the path to jump straight there.

  3. Find the GstRender.FullscreenMode line and change its value from 1 to 0:

    GstRender.FullscreenMode 0
    
  4. Save the file and launch the game — it opens in a window instead of a black screen.

0 is windowed mode. If you’d rather have borderless fullscreen, set it to 2 instead; 1 is the exclusive fullscreen that triggers the black screen.