Hello @NTMan, this hints that there is an issue with your vulkan driver install:
info: Game: contra_rc.exe
info: DXVK: v1.4-5-gde2eea3a
86106.461:002c:002d:trace:loaddll:load_native_dll Loaded L"C:\\windows\\system32\\openvr_api_dxvk.dll" at 0x180000000: native
warn: OpenVR: Failed to initialize OpenVR
info: Enabled instance extensions:
info: VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
info: VK_KHR_surface
info: VK_KHR_win32_surface
WARNING: Experimental compiler backend enabled. Here be dragons! Incorrect rendering, GPU hangs and/or resets are likely
86106.750:002c:002d:err:vulkan:wine_vk_instance_load_physical_devices Failed to enumerate physical devices, res=-3
86106.750:002c:002d:err:vulkan:wine_vkCreateInstance Failed to load physical devices, res=-3
...
err: DxvkInstance::createInstance: Failed to create Vulkan instance
AMDVLK: steam-1020540.log
Mesa 19.2 RC4: steam-1020540.log
With Vulkan drivers AMDVLK and Mesa 19.2 RC4 same result.
With PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1:
libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to open amdgpu (search paths /usr/lib64/dri)
libGL error: failed to load driver: amdgpu
100086.841:0031:0032:fixme:d3d:wined3d_guess_card No card selector available for card vendor 0000 (using GL_RENDERER "llvmpipe (LLVM 8.0, 128 bits)").
100087.018:0031:0032:err:d3d:wined3d_adapter_find_polyoffset_scale PolygonOffset scale factor detection failed, using fallback value 2^23.
100087.114:0031:0032:fixme:dxgi:DXGID3D10CreateDevice Ignoring flags 0x20.
Compatibility Report
System Information
I confirm:
steam-1020540.log
Symptoms
The game showing black window and crashes immediately after launch

Reproduction
Just launch the game.