My fix for game not launching via steam
Published on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 By
I am unable to use the Steam created icon to launch sins of a solar empire 2 in Windows 11. It typically loads the stardock launcher. Steam states the game is running but 20-30 minutes can pass and nothing will happen.
I can, however, launch them from the direct links in the folder.
If anyone else has this problem here is the fix. Go to the following:
program files (x86) / Steam / Steamapps / common / Sins2 and look for either:
sins2.exe
Or
Stardocklauncher.exe
The .exe may be hidden depending on how you have your folder view setup. But the Icon will look like the sins2 logo, or the Stardock logo.
Hope that helps someone like me who got stuck.