When you start the 32-bit version that you found, the game version will be displayed in the bottom left of the window. If you found 0.5.24c, then that will be fine as the .exe is the same version of Godot as 0.5.25.
Your problems with starting a new game are most likely identical to this thread https://itch.io/post/2043492. Basically you are missing some critical files, which is causing a cascade of errors; see thread for details.
Currently there is no list of technical issues, but this entire topic is filled with threads that a mostly similar issues. If you had time, then simply reading them all starting at the end would probably find the solution to most problems. But that also would require you to understand some of the concepts behind your problems, which would probably give you a fair chance of having solved them yourself. So I don't know how much good that actually does, besides being tedious.
The Strive Discord is a great place to ask for help for quick answers, but I wouldn't expect to simply find your solutions there anymore than here.