"Game failed to initialise steam. Steam must be running"

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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Screenshot_96
Platform=Steam, Win 10
Build=Latest available patch

Restarting pc seems to fix this initially but for some reason it pops up when i open it after closing some mins ago

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Hi @GoldenRoyal8685 !

Can you try to reinstall Steam?

Let me know if that fixes the problem!