Hi all, earlier this year I purchased house flipper and the garden DLC and left a message on this board about the menu not working as it turns out the game will run fine ONLY IF YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. This is how it is for me anyway. Did I miss the notice saying this?

You must have used the "Download and install" button instead of downloading the individual "backup" files. I have slow internet so I only use the offline, backup files to download and play games. I checked with internet turned off and it works that way. You may need to uninstall your game, download the backup files then reinstall. You should be able to keep your saved games.