Are you using a for your Steam library? Are you on Windows 10 or 11 ?
When the game tries to create the "license" folder, the antivirus silently blocks the action, resulting in this error. Are you using a for your Steam library
Windows protects the C:\Program Files (x86) folder heavily. Sometimes, the combination of Windows security and Steam's file structure causes a deadlock where the game simply cannot write to that location. the antivirus silently blocks the action