Developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks, Starfield is the latest action role-playing game released on September 6, 2023. However, Starfield gamers have been experiencing a lot of issues and errors that include the “Into the Unknown” bug, error code 0xc0000142, crashing on startup, not launching, and won’t start among others. In addition to these issues, many players are now running into an error that reads “This item is not yet available” on Steam. According to reports, the gamers have played hours of the game but when they are in the Steam Library, they see an error ‘This item is not yet available’ error.
Are you also running into the same error? Then check out this guide and learn how to get rid of it.
How to Fix Starfield ‘This Item is Not Yet Available’ Error
To resolve Starfield ‘This item is not yet available’ error, some players have already tried multiple workarounds but nothing worked. Thankfully, we have come across a few potential workarounds to fix the error.
1. First of all, try closing the game completely from Steam and then relaunch the game. This simple trick has worked for some players so it might work for you too.
2. If that doesn’t work, some missing or corrupted game files might be causing this issue so try repairing game files. To do that: Go to Steam Library >> Right-click on the game >> Properties >> Local Files >> Verify integrity of game files. Once the scanning is done, relaunch the game and the error should be fixed now.
3. In case the error persists, try clearing the download cache. Steam has a built-in feature to clear the download cache which can help to fix several download-related issues. For this: Go to Steam >> Settings >> Downloads >> Clear Download Cache.
That’s it for this guide. Hopefully, one of these methods will help you to get rid of the error ‘This item is not yet available’ in Starfield.
If you have come across any other method, do let us know in the comments below.