“It's actually not that much work but yeah it could be patched in the future... Best just wait for offline mode in this game's next patch.” Reddit · r/CrackWatch · 3 years ago The Troubleshooting Saga

“I first found out about this a month ago... can confirm that this works and I highly recommend doing this instead of giving Paradox money.” YouTube · 361tips · 1 year ago

Many players resort to these fixes because the official Paradox launcher becomes laggy or fails to show mods. Some users even find that removing the launcher entirely and launching the game directly is the only way to play.

Right-clicking the game in Steam and selecting Verify integrity of game files to repair missing data.