Maybe your download is corrupted? Right click the game in Steam and go to Properties and Verify Game Integrity. It might be missing some files.
If it is all verified, you can try running the game in administrator mode. You will have to go through your steam folder and find the .exe and set it to run as administrator or in compatibility mode. Some games I have noticed are having some compatibility issues with Windows 8 if that is what you are running
I am running windows 7 and i have done what you said lonesome and i have re-installed it 3 times. I will try what you suggested English I have yet to do that.
It is fixed Cheese fixed it, with a link to steamsupport or something along those lines turns our it was missing a file.