Mac Game Won't Open [Steam] [Mac]

[Liaaaam]

When I click "Play" through Steam it looks just like the game is opening and then the Steam button says "Stop" which implies that the game is open. However, it did not open the game. I've looked at other forms about this but they are all for PC and with slightly different problems.

I have attached screenshots of Terminal, my "Application Support/Steam/Steamapps/Common/Stardew Valley" folder, and my Stardew Steam page a few seconds after clicking "Play".

 

[Liaaaam]

For those with the same problem I fixed it with this guide:

In Steam do the following:

1. Click on Library.
2. Click on Installed.
3. Right-click on Stardew Valley.
4. Select Properties.
5. Click on the Local Files tab.
6. Click Verify Integrity of Game Cache.

 

[himtiaz]

This doesn't work for me. I've tried all the trouble shooting methods.

 

[miastardew]

this is happening to me as well. did anything work?

 

[aliengranma]

Hello,
I’m having the same problem. Did you manage to solve it?

 

[aliengranma]

For those with the same problem I fixed it with this guide:

In Steam do the following:

1. Click on Library.
2. Click on Installed.
3. Right-click on Stardew Valley.
4. Select Properties.
5. Click on the Local Files tab.
6. Click Verify Integrity of Game Cache.

This didn’t work for me. It says “Stardew Valley quit unexpectedly“

Do you know how to solve it?

Thanks,

 

[universalbrother]

I tried doing this and it didnt work:((
I also tried doing the 'chown' command or switch to compatible steam version without any succes :((
Please help (M3 Pro - latest soft version of today 15.6)

 

[CaptSabitzer]

I tried doing this and it didnt work:((
I also tried doing the 'chown' command or switch to compatible steam version without any succes :((
Please help (M3 Pro - latest soft version of today 15.6)

Hi universal! I've been researching the problem for the last 2 days and everyone is explaining it very wrong. I found one post that had it right and worked for me. When using the "sudo chown -v $USER ~/.config" input in terminal you don't want to replace your username with $USER. You simply want to put it in as I quoted here. Try running it again after that. I hope it fixes your problem.

 

[universalbrother]

Hi universal! I've been researching the problem for the last 2 days and everyone is explaining it very wrong. I found one post that had it right and worked for me. When using the "sudo chown -v $USER ~/.config" input in terminal you don't want to replace your username with $USER. You simply want to put it in as I quoted here. Try running it again after that. I hope it fixes your problem.

I have acutaly fixed it a few hours later after posting that. I used Ai to identify and solve the issue so ill paste here the consice stepts i took:

Effective Fix Steps:

1. Open Terminal
   (Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal)
2. Create the necessary config folders if missing (use sudo if permission denied):
   
   bash
   sudo mkdir -p ~/.config/StardewValley
3. Correct folder ownership to your user (this resolves the crash):
   
   bash
   sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.config/StardewValley
4. Remove macOS quarantine flag from the game to prevent security blocks:
   
   bash
   xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine "/Users/yourusername/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Stardew Valley/Contents"
   Replace yourusername with your actual macOS username.
   
   Hope this helps!