I have the same symptoms with Bloody Trapland (steam app 257750). If I attempt to uninstall it via steam I get the same error as the original post. If I manually delete the files in the game folder and the /compatdata/257750/ directory, then steam treats it like an update that it needs to install. At this stage, I cannot uninstall the game. Going into "steam > settings > downloads > Clear Download Cache" does not resolve the issue; the game still has the exact same symptoms. Going to "steam > settings > storage > repair library" does not help; it completes the operation with no issues, but doesn't actually achieve anything related to the game I'm attempting to uninstall.
Steam Beta Branch: Steam Beta Update
Steam Version: 1708727058
Steam Client Build Date: Fri, Feb 23 15:16 UTC -05:00
Steam Web Build Date: Fri, Feb 23 16:10 UTC -05:00
Steam API Version: SteamClient021
Distribution: Nobara Linux (Fedora Workstation-based distribution)
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
The only other information of note, is that after the game was initially installed, I was using the latest Proton-Exerimental. on the very first launch, the process hung indefinitely and never launched the game. I closed the game using the "cancel" button on the game page in my steam library, and swapped to Proton 4.11-13. I noticed that steam was actually still using experimental despite me choosing to force 4.11-13 for this game specifically, so I decided to uninstall the game entirely via steam, and that's when I discovered this issue.
proton 4.11-13x1 2024-02
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System Info Report: Github Gist
I was attempting to move a game between hard drives (namely Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2) overnight (I was opted-into the beta on Thursday night), but then I noticed the next morning (Friday) that the progress bar for the uninstallation was at 0%. I then thought that, if I uninstall and reinstall the game, I could bypass this issue but it threw an error saying something about a "network connection error."
So, I chocked it up to be some weird beta issue but this persisted even after opting-out of the beta.
Steam also keeps thinking it's in perpetual need of an update (even though the "update" progress is full) and all attempts to uninstall or move the game have been futile since.
What's also strange about this is that its reasoning for what this error is changes from time to time; sometimes it's "a network error" and other times it's just "an error," like this:
It's entirely unclear to me why refuses to do so and why, even if I remove the files manually (
rm -rf <path to game folder>), Steam re-downloads the game claiming it's "an update" when I never asked it to do so.Steps for reproducing this issue: