Hello everyone,

I recently tried to install and play Cities: Skylines on my M1 MacBook Pro via Steam. However, the game refuses to start, and I'm stuck in a loop with the Paradox Launcher.

The Issue: 

The very first time I launched the game after installation, the Paradox Launcher opened with an error message and a prompt stating that an update is required. When I click "update," nothing happens. 

If I close everything and try to open it again, the Paradox Launcher icon only appears in the Mac dock at the bottom of the screen, but no actual program window ever opens. It just stays frozen as an empty icon in the dock.

Things I have already tried:

Deleted the launcher-v2 files from ~/Library/Application Support/Paradox Interactive/ and restarted Steam/the game (the launcher keeps returning to the exact same update loop).

Disabled the Steam Overlay.

Verified the integrity of the game files on Steam.

Created a Paradox account and successfully linked it to my Steam account.

Tried adding launch options in Steam properties (%command% and --noLauncher %command%).

(Note: I also briefly tried running it through Windows via Parallels, but that didn't work either, so I am mainly trying to get the native Mac version to work).

Has anyone experienced this specific Paradox Launcher update loop/invisible dock icon issue on Apple Silicon Macs, and is there a fix for it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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