Before anything you need to get the game registered, W8x users have found that when attempting to enter details at the registration window it simply hangs there forever.

A forum post here[sd.stardock.com] suggests that you download a file from here[sd.stardock.com]

• http://sd.stardock.com/sdactivate_legacy.zip
  
• Extract it to \Steam\steamapps\common\demigod\
  
• Run register_demigod.cmd
  
• You only need your Stardock account email address and the CD key from STEAM for the window that opens
  
• That's it!

N.b. William JCM reported that installing the game on Windows 8.1 upgraded from 8, the bug message to register the game with Stardock did not arise and it loaded straight to logos.

Once the game has launched, be aware of the following:

• No known issues
  
• Couldn't replicate tab in-out issue mentioned by pRagazzo for Win8 in Win10 which is good.
  
• Couldn't replicate windowed mode crash mentioned by Flo so still looking into that.

• Tabbing out can cause crashes - reported by pRagazzo

• Sometimes the cursor can not draw or sticks despite moving the mouse, the most common fix is changing Windows scaling to 100% , a guide is here.[forums.demigodthegame.com] Repored by Lockbearsil but although tabbing out and in apparently solved the issue, updating DirectX made the game crash on level load.

Set the game to Windowed in the Video Settings if you find that you need to tab out and it's crashing the game.
Alternatively run it on Windows 10.

If your game freezes only when you are moving the mouse, create a restore point and update your video card drivers. Particularly if you're running W10 and nVidia RTX series video cards.
Thanks to this person

Everybody get's different results because of the plethora of hardware and software out there, so here is what I'm testing your problems on:

Asus Trio Transformer[www.asus.com]

It's got the Intel® Core™ i7 4500U Processor[ark.intel.com] which has the integrated Intel HD GPU 4400 series.

I'm running Windows 10 Pro[windows.microsoft.com]
Also Raptr with game overlay turned on[raptr.com] as well as Steam's overlay. I've noticed that Raptr and Impulse overlay can work at the same time as the Steam overlay in this game on this laptop without problems.

My other rig is:

• i7-6700K (It was on offer)
  
• 16 Gb DDR4 RAM
  
• Asus 1080Ti OC
  
• Creative Zx
  
• 256Gb SSD
  
• Some HDDs
  
  
  What I've found
  • Tabbing in and out on my laptop doesn't break anything.
    
  • Changing Windows display scaling doesn't break anything.
    
  • I still need to use the Legacy Stardock registration program whever I install this game.
  
  Hth, lots of love and feel free to ask questions
  Alexis