Corrupted or missing files are the most frequent cause of this error. Steam has a built-in tool to automatically scan and replace these files. Open your . Right-click on Resident Evil 6 and select Properties . Navigate to the Installed Files (or Local Files) tab.
Steam games depend on Microsoft Visual C++ runtimes to talk to the OS and Steam itself. Corrupted runtimes can break that communication. fatal error failed to initialize steam resident evil 6
(forces re-authentication)