Games not launching on Pop!_OS linux

🐧linux✅solved

I am using Epic Games. I can download games, but not launch them. 'Slime Rancher' and 'A Short Hike' will not launch, but 'Brotato' will (a simple 2D shoot-em-up). I ran the flatpak update command under Linux specific common issues in the FAQ thread, and also the flatpak version display command also found there (result attached). I apparently have Heroic installed twice, one for the user and one for the system. I am not sure how to uninstall one (I think one or both might have been installed through the Pop Store, I am not sure if that is useful to know. I am using GE-Proton-latest. Is it possible there is a clash between Python versions? I think I have Python 3.10 on my computer, but it would not let me update it (and I looked it up and you don't want to mess with the system install outside of a VE). Can I update Python in a VE to run Heroic out of that VE? Is that even how that works? Any help would be appreciated