Dmc Devil May Cry Steam Must Be Running To Play This Game Fix Jun 2026

Sometimes Steam gets stuck between online and offline states.

If you are currently facing this issue, try these steps in order: Delete the ClientRegistry.blob File Sometimes Steam gets stuck between online and offline states

Now, get back to slicing demons with Dante's Arbiter axe. Your game is waiting. Sometimes Steam gets stuck between online and offline states

Click and wait for the process to complete. Sometimes Steam gets stuck between online and offline states

The "Steam must be running to play this game" error in DmC: Devil May Cry is a routing issue, not a hardware failure. In 90% of cases, running Steam as Administrator and deleting the steam_api.dll for a fresh copy solves the problem.