Ah I managed it to work, by installing a different itch io game that also uses the same engine (legend of jump jump in case anyone else has the same problem, found a reddit post suggesting this) and it installed the necessary redistributables
Sorry.
Please try this for the above issue
https://rpgmakerofficial.com/product/support/faq_actmv.html
Also, if you can't start it here,
we can't help you because we don't have access to the detailed system.
Sorry.