[2022] Game Freezes Upon Loading a New Save [Linux]

There's no other files in the log folder, are you saying?

What happens if you run the game's executable from a terminal command line? Any useful errors show when it crashes? Or indeed in the Linux OS logs?  

The game does not need internet connectivity to start. It will run even if the computer is offline.

Can we get all populated files from the log folder please?

Also in Steam please click on Steam-Help-System Info, and paste everything there into a text file and attach that here.