Shadow Of The Tomb Raider Failed To Initialize Steam Link

The game needs permission to talk to Steam. Right-click Steam.exe → Properties → Compatibility → Check Run this program as an administrator → Apply. Restart Steam and launch the game.

“Step 1: Close Steam completely”

“Launch Shadow of the Tomb Raider from your Steam library. The error should be gone.” shadow of the tomb raider failed to initialize steam

You see a pop-up error: “Failed to initialize Steam. Are you running Steam?” even though Steam is open. The game needs permission to talk to Steam