Fix Failed to Join Squad in No More Room in Hell 2
Fix Failed to Join Squad by resetting Social status, accepting one invite, disabling VPNs, and reporting persistent squad errors.
Quick answer
- Return every player to the main menu before sending a fresh invite.
- Restart a player whose Social status still says Playing Game.
- Accept one invite from one location; do not click both prompts.
- Disable VPNs if a player joins and is immediately removed.
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Fix Failed to Join Squad in This Order
Get every player back to the main menu and check the Social panel before sending a new invite. If a friend appears as Playing Game instead of In Main Menu, that player should fully restart No More Room in Hell 2. Send one fresh invitation after the status is correct, then accept it once from a single location.
- Return every player in the planned group to the main menu.
- Open the Social panel and confirm each invitee shows In Main Menu.
- Restart the game for anyone who still appears as Playing Game.
- Have one host send one fresh squad invitation.
- If the pop-up does not appear, open the squad invite tab in Social and accept the pending invite there.
- Accept the invite once. Do not accept it through both the pop-up and the Social panel.
If a player briefly joins and is immediately removed, turn off any VPN used by the host or invitee, then repeat the clean invitation attempt. The developer identified VPN use during sending or accepting squad invites as a cause of immediate removal.
A clean squad retry has one host, one fresh invite, and one acceptance path.
Match the Symptom to the Next Check
| What you see | Most useful next check |
|---|---|
| Friend appears as Playing Game while waiting at the menu | Restart that player's game and wait for In Main Menu before inviting |
| Invite notification never appears | Open the squad invite tab in the Social panel |
| Squad forms and instantly disbands | Accept only once through the pop-up or Social panel |
| Player joins and is immediately kicked | Disable VPNs for the players involved and retry |
| Squad forms, then a match disconnect follows a party reconnection | Recreate the squad from the main menu and record the reconnect detail if it repeats |
The error can look inconsistent because the documented failure points occur at different stages. The invite may be hidden in Social, duplicate acceptance may tear down the squad, a VPN may remove a member after joining, or a reconnect may interrupt the match. Treat the visible symptom as the starting point instead of repeating every possible fix.
When the Official Workarounds Do Not Hold
Create one controlled retry before reporting the problem. Close the game for the affected players, relaunch it, wait until their Social statuses are correct, leave only one invitation outstanding, and test with VPNs disabled. Avoid clicking the invite repeatedly while the notification is delayed.
If the clean retry fails, record these details:
- Who hosted and who received the invitation
- The Social status shown for each affected player
- Whether the invitation was missing, the squad disbanded, or a member was kicked
- Whether the failure happened before matchmaking or after a party member reconnected
- Whether disabling a VPN changed the result
The developer has shipped several fixes for instant squad disbands, Join Session Failed, and party reconnect disconnections. A repeatable failure on the current build is useful bug-report information. Submit it through the in-game reporting option, the official support site, or the official Discord.