Game freezes after exactly 40 seconds on Linux

I need some help from other Linux wizards here.

I migrated from W10 to Linux Mint after it turned out my PC wasn't qualified for W11 for some reason.

Today I tried launching the game for the first time since changing my OS, and the game seems to launch fine, but then exactly after 40 seconds after loading the main menu the game freezes completely.

I tried just waiting because I thought maybe the game is loading something but nope, the only way out is to kill the game's process.

I'm completely stumped because there is no error message or anything that could help me find the cause of the issue.

Specs:

OS: Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon ver. 6.4.8

CPU: Intel© Core™ i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz × 8

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

+ Proton versions I've tried so far: Experimental, Hotfix, GE-Proton10-18

also I'm using the Minimal ED Launcher but both with and without it the freeze persists