Can't start the game

[Henkka89]

When I try to start eu4, I get always this message: "launching the game failed"

I've deleted the game from Steam and installed setup it again, tried to verify it many times and so on but anything works.

What should I do?

 

[grotaclas]

The error "launching the game failed" can have many sources. To narrow it down somewhat, try to start the game from eu4.exe (eu4.app on macOS) . If that works it is a launcher problem. If it doesn't work it is a game problem. In that case, please tell me how far in the startup process you get(what is the last thing that eu4 displays) and if you get any error message.

If you get an error message about a missing VCRUNTIME or other dll file, please try to (re-)install the microsoft visual c++ redistributables. You can get the latest version from this website or directly download the installer from this link. There is an arm version(ARM64), a 32bit version(x86) and a 64bit version(x64). Current eu4 versions only need the 64bit(x64) version.

Does this help?

 

[Henkka89]

I tried using eu4.exe and got error about VCRUNTIME. I downloaded installer you gave me above, installed it and now everything seems to be working.

Thanks!