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What happens if you press "esc" in the main menu , does the pause menu open ?
If not than it could be that something is corrupted.
maybe the UnityOutput log (output_log.txt) would give some clues
it is under : C:\Users\[YOUR WIN USERNAME]\AppData\LocalLow\Kernis_not_existing_company\Abandoned - A tale of forgotten lives

Hitting esc works to open the pause menu so I think its just an issue with the start screen

This bug occurs if SSAO is turned on.