# Intermittent ~5 second freeze during multiplayer games

**URL:** <https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/intermittent-5-second-freeze-during-multiplayer-games/12561>\
**Category:** Bazzite\
**Created:** [October 3, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/intermittent-5-second-freeze-during-multiplayer-games/12561 "2026-10-03T13:18:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/intermittent-5-second-freeze-during-multiplayer-games/12561/1 "2026-10-03T13:18:30Z")

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Hi,

I’m getting an odd issue where my multiplayer games freeze randomly for about 5 seconds at a time. It doesn’t appear to be happening at a fixed interval. When it happens the sound continues but the GPU and CPU usage drop to zero. When the game unfreezes (after a period of a few seconds and with no additional input) my character appears to still be moving on the server during this, for example if I was running it would have kept running during the duration of the freeze. Any ideas would be much appreciated as this is the only thing stopping me uninstalling windows! Thanks