Thanks GameGlis for the feedback, it helped me fix a bug in the release script. I should do more sandbox testing :-)
Now the msvc installer is shipped with the game.
In case if you are interested, “MS Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable” is more like a product name, the
actual version can be found in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VC\Runtimes\
For the game this is: v14.51.36247.00 (X64)
It might be fresher than the one you have installed.
Thanks for trying and finding a major bug in the release pipeline!