The Game is crashing after Klei logo displayed

https://support.klei.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036947812-Oxygen-Not-Included-is-crashing-at-or-just-after-the-Klei-Logo

Have you tried the steps listed here?

I have tried all of that several times, nothing

From the log it looks like the game is having trouble finding Steam. Are you running from within Steam itself?

I am, I also tried running the program as a admin, both the game and Steam

Edited January 28, 2020 by thinkpad4

11 hours ago, thinkpad4 said:

I am, I also tried running the program as a admin, both the game and Steam

Do you have an AV running? Sometimes that muddles with Steam and the game.

Nope, that's what makes this so strange.  

Can you download and install Steam again from Steampowered.com? If you are already on the latest version you'll probably have to remove it first. From the log you posted it really looks like that the game cannot find Steam.

That seems like a real pain to do, also when I loaded the audio debug version it loaded.  What would cause it to not see Steam?  I can't be the only one to have had this issue

Edited January 31, 2020 by thinkpad4

Well, what should I do?

9 hours ago, thinkpad4 said:

Well, what should I do?

You could try reinstalling ONI and/or Steam.

If the audio debug version worked, then maybe reinstalling ONI would fix the trick.

Tried reinstalling ONI, no dice.  Logo, desktop.  No crash message, no report button

 

@thinkpad4 We have been looking into this and it's not clear what's happening. We updated to the latest Steamworks SDK since you last posted, are you still unable to play the game? If that's the case could you share Steam client info (Help -> About Steam).

I've been troubleshooting in this thread. We found that it was an issue caused by Steam not updating properly. Reinstalling Steam fixed it for untitled7 and you can do so without reinstalling your games if you move your Steamapps folder first.

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by EricKlei
Added details about a potential solution.