If you’ve preloaded any game like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 days before its release, then it’s likely that you may have come across the “game not released” error on Steam.
This error is a bug and has nothing to do with your game files, but affects Steam as a whole, ruining gameplay experience.
So, here’s how you can solve the “game not released” error on Steam if you encounter this bug while playing a preloaded game.
How to fix “game not released” error on Steam
There are two basic fixes for the “game not released” error on Steam. These are as follows:
- Restart Steam
- Verify integrity of game files
While restarting Steam, it’s important that you shut it down completely, preferably by force stopping it from the Task Manager. You can bring up the Task Manager by hitting the ctrl+alt+del button.
If that doesn’t work, then verify the integrity of the game files by navigating to the game’s page and then to properties by clicking on the cog wheel in the right corner.
Under properties, nagivate to the “installed files” section and then click on verify integrity of game files. That should do the trick for you.
The bug basically affects Steam’s ability to detect the preloaded game files and thus prevents you from playing the game. This happens because the game cannot uncompress the compressed files, which makes it unplayable.
Some players have reported facing this issue with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. However, before trying to fix this problem, it’s important that you own the game to begin with.
Also, unless you’ve got a reviewers copy, or you have early access of some kind, make sure to wait for the game to release first, otherwise you will be greeted with this error.
The bug is a pretty rare one but it does occur in some cases, so if you happen to face this issue in the future, now you know how to solve it.
