PoE2 / Steam fails to detect installed game

After a regular restart of my PC, steam randomly no longer recognizes PoE2 as installed, even though the folder is intact and all the files are there.

This is happening to me the 3rd time this month.

Only solution seems to be deleting the folder and downloading 90 gigs of game data every time. It is extremely frustrating, please tell me how to fix it.

Thanks.

I have the same issue

Any updates on this? Just happened to me when I started my PC today, folder is there, all files there, but steam not detecting the game.

I'm the OP. It seems to me that it's a synchronization issue.

I think my problem was caused by turning off (or restarting) my PC right after I have exited the game. I have not been doing it, (now I wait for at least 20 mins before turning off my PC after each session) and I have not encountered this problem again thus far.

I'd advise you to do the same.

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dontsleep#4897 wrote:

I'm the OP. It seems to me that it's a synchronization issue.

Is your game installed on a different drive than Steam is installed? Do you have sleep mode enabled for that drive in the advanced power options of Windows?

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Eleven777#0993 wrote:

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dontsleep#4897 wrote:

I'm the OP. It seems to me that it's a synchronization issue.

Is your game installed on a different drive than Steam is installed? Do you have sleep mode enabled for that drive in the advanced power options of Windows?

No to both questions.

This is my first time encountering this issue. Had to redownload the game yikes.