same problem, still trying to find a fix.

Having same issue

Hi all, I had the same issue and opened a ticket with 2k here: https://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/requests/13327484

My solution was to disable XBOX game bar via powershell
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay* | Remove-AppxPackage

This was happening the other week, but was fixed. As of now, it's happening again; same thing as last time, hanging on "Updating Executable", and failing to load. Pain in the backside.

And again....Same error.

Same issue here. Cannot run game...frustrating!

Update: I completely wiped the game from my computer, rebooted the system, and then reinstalled a brand new, fresh copy of the game...no joy. The game still does not load or run. Every other game in my Steam Library works...this is the only problematic one.

FINAL Update (next day): I modified the launch path in the Steam Library properties to bypass the third party launcher and the game works fine once again. Obviously, there was a change made to this launcher that causes the game not to start.

Bf got it to work on his steam by going into your civ directory, direct x directory then run DXsetup.exe.
Then it will manually install direct x needed for the game after it finish, run in steam.

same

Same here, stuck in "updating executable".
Game ran fine for years.
Tried on three different computers, same results.
Implemented all the fixes found on the web
No go.
Support ticket at 2K listed above no longer exists.
What to do?

Aaaaaanddd it's started working again. All on it's own. I gave up trying to apply "fixes" ages ago. No other changes made to my system, Steam updating automatically.