Sims 4 won't launch

Whenever I press "play" button (in Steam or the EA app) the game starts launching, but then, suddenly, stops and the button changes back to "play".

I have already tried:

• repairing the game
• clearing cache
• moving the mods, tray and saves folders onto the desktop
• updating/repairing both Steam and the EA app
• updating my PC
• doing the EA app recovery