Did you right click on Star Control Origins in your library, Properties, Betas, select the beta you would like to opt into: click the arrow and select NONE?

I was a beta tester and the game stopped working after the beta until I opted out of the beta.

Thanks Guys for trying to help - it is greatly appreciated - I downloaded SCO from "Steam" and it should have put the

Game files on my computer but when I went to looking under  downloads - Documents or Program Files I did not find any

SCO - So tell me if I wanted to play this game "offline" where should the executable file be located to start the game.

Even though "Steam" is telling me it is starting the game (then Nothing) I think I have files that are missing. Where

should I go on my computer to verify ?? Jack

If you're running Windows10 and you have an installation of StarControl 'somewhere' on your PC then do a simple Windows search. I happen to have installed my steam games on a secondary SSD due to storage considerations.

Open File Explorer, click 'This PC', and do a search for ''StarControl_DX11.exe' on your drive. If the file is found, then right-click on it and choose the option to show file location. 

You don't need to go elsewhere...I'd suggest you use the DirectX, DotNet, and vcredist that come along with the install under the Steamworks Shared subdir in the StarControl Origins directory. Use the DXSETUP, NDP471blahblahblah, vc_redist.x64 applications. I'm guessing that perhaps an antivirus program blocked the installations during the StarControl install - run them by hand.

Example image below showing locations, using one of my installed configurations.

Hi JBuck, perhaps you didn't run the three applications that I suggested? I've found on occasion that steam misses the 'first time execution' of these redistributables and the only way to fix this is to run them manually. No amount of uninstall/install seems to fix this.

Don't worry about Win7 vs Win10. Just look for those directories/applications under your Star Control - Origins directory.

If none of this works, then it's time to send your RunLog and settings.ini files to Stardock: ppen File Explorer, click "This PC', and do a search for RunLog.txt on your drive. If the file is found, then select it, right-click to bring up the menu, and open the file location. You'll see the settings file there as well.