djshinyshades:

how clumsy of me, i’ll be sure to remember to launch steam first.

No. I think you didn’t understand this correctly. This game is steam powered. In my days all games and PCs were powered like this however since it doesn’t seem to be the case here just boil some water, take the steam and shove it into your PC. Sometimes this will solve the problem. Sometimes it doesn’t. Good Luck!