technical issues - Steam isn't downloading a game but it thinks it is ('missing executable' error message) - Arqade

So there is a Steam game that I haven't played for quite a while, and today I felt like playing it again (The game is Contradiction: Spot the Liar, if it matters). But I was greeted with this error

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