I'm sorry, but I don't support this game anymore. However, try pressing ESC 5-10 times when you start the game and that might fix it. Once you start playing again, your next load shouldn't have the same issue.
When I press ESC, this happens
sanotehu@sanotehu-MS-7A31:~/LinItchLibrary/the-quiet-sleep 2$ ./nw [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; connect to global user failed.[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; connect to global user failed.chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/sleeper.js:17490 fn(entity, ui); ^ TypeError: fn is not a function at chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/sleeper.js:17490:13 at Function.m.each.m.forEach (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/underscore-min.js:5:2350) at Object.panelUiClick [as uiClick] (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/sleeper.js:17480:7) at World.handleTouch (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/city.js:1322:41) at Array.<anonymous> (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/city.js:2541:20) at FunctionGroup.run (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/std.js:62:32) at HTMLCanvasElement.<anonymous> (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/std.js:98:49) chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/sleeper.js:17490 fn(entity, ui); ^ TypeError: fn is not a function at chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/sleeper.js:17490:13 at Function.m.each.m.forEach (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/underscore-min.js:5:2350) at Object.panelUiClick [as uiClick] (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/sleeper.js:17480:7) at World.handleTouch (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/city.js:1322:41) at Array.<anonymous> (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/city.js:2541:20) at FunctionGroup.run (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/std.js:62:32) at HTMLCanvasElement.<anonymous> (chrome-extension://hdboniglagjdibmnhefcafhdlejkkmne/std.js:98:49)