[2022] cant even launch the game on steam help

Originally posted by Creole7Supreme: i uninstalled and re downloaded this multiple times and i cant play it

It's likely a launcher issue. 9/10 times, failure to launch is caused by the display settings.

In the launcher, go to game settings and choose borderless fullscreen or windowed display mode. You can also try uninstalling Paradox Launcher v2 via Add/Remove Programs, then relaunch Stellaris, and it automatically redownload it.

If those two things don't work, go to support.paradoxplaza.com and open a ticket.

Hope this helps!