Game not launching

[bobinator133]

truly, an issue nobody has ever had before
pressing "play" opens the config menu and when i try to start it nothing happens and the "stop" button turns back into "play" after a couple seconds
DEBUG.TXT

 Loading asset C:\Users\natal\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami\hotline.cfg from disk
Failed to init SteamAPI. 

DXDIAG: https://pastebin.com/k3FeGNSA
crash log does not exist

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YES / WHY IS IT HAPPENING