how to get steam client running

[Hamaz]

Hey, guys im trying to play Sonic Generations for the PC and when I opened the .exe file a pop-up comes up and says ''The Steam client is not running. Please run the Steam client and try again. This application will now close. Please help me I have downloaded steam I am a member of Steam I tried going to services I found the Steam client I started it and then you guessed it did not work it just says that it started and then stopped working because no program is using it. PLEASE HELP, Help would be appreciated

 

[LucoTF]

Are you launching the game from inside steam?