All games crash on startup (Steam)

General system Gaming, sound and video
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When I start a game (like Warframe), it crashes immediately on startup.
When starting from terminal, it prompts me this:

❯ steam steam://rungameid/230410
steam.sh[48866]: Running Steam on endeavouros rolling 64-bit
steam.sh[48866]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
setup.sh[48939]: Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
steam.sh[48866]: Steam client's requirements are satisfied
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] Startup - updater built Jul 16 2024 23:21:18
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] Startup - Steam Client launched with: '/home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-srt-logger-opened' 'steam://rungameid/230410'
08/04 14:33:12 minidumps folder is set to /tmp/dumps
08/04 14:33:12 Init: Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1721173382)/tid(48995)
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] 1. https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com, /, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1000, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] 2. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'update_hosts_cached.vdf'
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] 3. https://cdn.steamstatic.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] Verifying installation...
[2024-08-04 14:33:12] Verification complete
UpdateUI: skip show logo
Steam logging initialized: directory: /home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/logs

XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xeae81dc0
XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xeae80500
CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 36 milliseconds to initialize
Steam Runtime Launch Service: starting steam-runtime-launcher-service
Steam Runtime Launch Service: steam-runtime-launcher-service is running pid 49127
bus_name=com.steampowered.PressureVessel.LaunchAlongsideSteam
/usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/entry:70: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}'
/usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/styles:36: error: invalid string constant "combobox_entry", expected valid string constant
BRefreshApplicationsInLibrary 1: 0ms
BuildCompleteAppOverviewChange: 270 apps
RegisterForAppOverview 1: 11ms
RegisterForAppOverview 2: 11ms
chdir "/home/inkrm/V/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Warframe/Tools"
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
Adding process 49541 for gameID 230410
Adding process 49542 for gameID 230410
Uploaded AppInterfaceStats to Steam
Removing process 49542 for gameID 230410
Removing process 49541 for gameID 230410
chdir "/home/inkrm/V/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Warframe/Tools"
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/inkrm/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
Adding process 49577 for gameID 230410
Adding process 49578 for gameID 230410
Uploaded AppInterfaceStats to Steam
Removing process 49578 for gameID 230410
Removing process 49577 for gameID 230410
[2024-08-04 14:35:13] Background update loop checking for update. . .
[2024-08-04 14:35:13] Checking for available updates...
[2024-08-04 14:35:13] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12?t=2929528428
[2024-08-04 14:35:13] Manifest download: send request
[2024-08-04 14:35:13] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2024-08-04 14:35:14] Manifest download: finished
[2024-08-04 14:35:14] Download skipped: /steam_client_ubuntu12?t=2929528428 version 1721173382, installed version 1721173382, existing pending version 0
[2024-08-04 14:35:14] Nothing to do
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Welcome @inkrm :wave::sunglasses: :enos_flag:

It would help us to have a good understanding of your system, and what you have tried.

Please share your hardware information:

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i just installed windows back :frowning:

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That’s unfortunate :sweat_smile:

If I had to guess, I’d say the correct graphics drivers were not installed, but it’s :man_shrugging: now.

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I have seen this with Age of Mythology, it pulls up the game, I hit Play, and then there’s like a black window that maximizes and minimizes a couple of times and then crashes back to the Steam app. Really weird. Bigger games like Quake, Dead Space and Doom load just fine.

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What was the point of installing Linux if you went straight back to Windows after running into the first problem and not giving anyone the chance to help you figure it out? When switching to a new OS you will run into problems and you will have to go through a learning process in order to understand how things work and once you get past that you will run into less problems because most of those problems are a lack of knowledge. And you could always start with a more beginner friendly distribution such as Mint, Ubuntu or Fedora because EndeavourOS/Arch isn’t the best place to start for most beginners.

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Had a look at the tips here?

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I literally copied the line without the %command% portion, I thought it was up until the 1 but I added that string and it loaded, thanks!

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