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Jordan89 · 03-15-2024, 01:08 PM

I had been playing OOTP 24 on my Steam Deck and it worked great so I bought OOTP 25 right away when it was released on Steam today, but when I try to launch it, I just get error message that says "Steam must be running to play this game. SteamAPI_Init() failed." and the game won't open. I tried going to the desktop mode and launching it from the Steam app there, but the same thing happens.

03-15-2024, 01:08 PM	#1
Jordan89 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 3	Error: "Steam must be running to play this game. SteamAPI_Init() failed." I had been playing OOTP 24 on my Steam Deck and it worked great so I bought OOTP 25 right away when it was released on Steam today, but when I try to launch it, I just get error message that says "Steam must be running to play this game. SteamAPI_Init() failed." and the game won't open. I tried going to the desktop mode and launching it from the Steam app there, but the same thing happens.