[2023] Game crashes when clicking on "play" on the launcher, "shader casche builder process"

Could you please try launching Darktide directly via the .exe (as opposed to via Steam), and screenshot any errors that appear?

The path to the Darktide.exe should look similar to this: Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries

May I confirm that you selected the Darktide.exe and not the Launcher.exe please?

You’re missing a DLL from the Visual C++ Redistributables. You should be able to resolve this by:

1. Uninstall the Visual C++ 2019 Redistributables
2. Reinstall the Visual C++ 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 Redistributables: Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads | Microsoft Learn

• You may be prompted with an option to repair, as opposed to install. In which case, you may proceed with the option to repair