Zavian wrote:As a work around, you can download and run the .zip version, or the .exe installer. (The .zip version creates a portable version, with the save and mod folders inside whatever folder you create when you extract it).

Thank you that works!

Reinstalling Steam did not work, I still get the same error.

Any other suggestions?

I believe this is a steam problem, try restarting steam and if this does not do it, restart your computer.
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If the game still doesn't work, try to reinstall Steam client.


I tried rebooting yesterday, the game launched but when I closed it and tried again I got the same error.

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My game keeps crashing at launch, sometimes immediatly, sometimes after loading a bit to around 30%.

I've tried different versions but they all crash for me.

This is the error message I get from windows:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Factorio.exe ...