Error Failed to initialize steam: what to do and how to fix it

Lately, the “failed to initialize steam” error has made a lot of fans of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds a nightmare. The problem was quite popular and the developers have already published a solution for the PUBG game. This error appears not only with this game – there are complaints on the community portal about a similar problem when launching resident evil and depth. In this article, we will tell you several ways to fix this error, along the way looking at the reasons for its occurrence.

IMPORTANT: before starting all shenanigans, it is better to pause or disable all antiviruses and firewalls. Quite often, the reason that the game does not start is conflicts with antivirus firewalls.

Failed to initialize steam error in pubg.

What to do? If you see this when launching Battlegrounds, then, firstly, we use the recommended solution “from the developer”, namely:

1. Open in Explorer C: Program Files (x86) SteamsteamappscommonBattlegroundsTslGameBinariesWin64
2. Run the TslGame.exe file through the admin. Right-click and the line “run as administrator” or “Run as administrator”
3. Open in Explorer C: Program Files (x86) Steam
4. Go to: C: Program Files (x86) Steam
5. Select the ClientRegistry.blob file, delete.
6. Restart your PC and restart the game.
7. If it does not help, create a new user on Windows with administrator rights and launch the game through it

Modifications. The game does not start due to clumsy (or clumsy installed) mods. Delete all mod files, restart Steam and check the game. If this was the problem, and you want to run around with mods, install the mods one at a time, each time checking the functionality of the game.

Anti cheat.

The error appears due to problems with the BattleEye anti-cheat system. There are several options: the version of the program is simply outdated, or it conflicts with the system. What to do with this? As the main solution, we reinstall BattleEye on the official resource.

Launch parameters.

Sometimes the game won’t start because you or someone else has set inappropriate startup options. In this case:

1. Opening the “Library” on Steam
2. Right-click on the name of the game and select “properties”
3. On the first tab “General”, click the button “Set launch parameters”
4. Delete all text from the window that opens and click “OK”

Local files problem.

The error “Failed to initialize Steam due to corrupt, incomplete or missing files” occurs intermittently in many games and is caused by insufficient or damaged local files. This occurs after updating the game, or when some crooked user deleted the files. As a rule, the problem is solved by checking the integrity of the cache:

1. Opening the “Library” on Steam
2. Right-click on the name of the game and click on “properties”
3. In the top menu, go to the “Local files” tab
4. We click the button “Check the integrity of the game files” – the fourth button from the top.

The system will double-check all the necessary files and, if necessary, download the missing ones. The process will take two to three minutes, possibly longer depending on the amount of missing data.