How to Fix: Steam Game won’t Launch
If you find yourself stuck on steam’s library page and not being able to launch any game, try to relax a bit. We got you covered.
Game files can run into errors due to issues while downloading or updating. This can also occur when you just upgraded to Windows 10.
To get back on playing your favorite game fast, follow the simple guide below on how to troubleshoot this problem with steam.
Method 1: Verify Steam Game files
Steam has a built-in tool to verify and check for missing or broken game files. Once steam recognized which game files are broken or missing it will automatically download the files.
Step 1: Open Steam
Step 2: Log in to your account
Step 3: Go to Library
Step 4: Right Click on the game that you are having problems launching
Step 5: Click on Properties
Step 6: Click on the Local Files tab
Step 7: Click on Verify Integrity of the game
Step 8: Wait for the process to finish
Once the verification is done, try to launch the game and see if the issue is fixed. If you are still having problems launching the game proceed to the next method below.
Method 2: Run Games in Compatibility Mode
Step 1: Go to Library
Step 2: Right Click on the game that you are having problems launching
Step 3: Click on Properties
Step 4: Click on the Local Files tab
Step 5: Click on Browse local files
Step 6: Right Click on the .exe file of the game
Step 7: Click on Properties
Step 8: On Properties, Click on Compatibility
Step 9: Check Run this program in compatibility mode for:
Step 10: Select Windows 8 or lower
Step 11: Click on Apply then close properties
Step 12: Try to launch the game and see if the problem is fixed
Method 3: Reinstall the game
While this solution seems to be inconvenient specially if you don’t have a good internet or your ISP has a bandwidth limit this will surely fix launching problems with steam games. Before doing this make sure that you have tried the other solutions above this article.
Step 1: Go to Library
Step 2: Right Click on the game that you are having problems launching
Step 3: Click on Properties
Step 4: Click on the Local Files tab
Step 5: Click on Uninstall game
Step 6: After uninstall the game, go to Steam store and search for the game
Step 7: Download and reinstall the game
If you are still having problems after doing the solutions above, try to contact steam’s customer support and report the problem. It could be issues within their server and everyone is having problems launching the game.