Hey Dev, i think i has found a way to fix it (soft of) by turn on a random replay and turn the game off (close it or AltF4) then open the game back. Next you just need to open a random replay and that it. (it work on Laptop but Pc? idk)
Yeah, replays have some weird state situation going on - they remember whether you had the LAST replay paused or not, too, which is pretty cumbersome (ideally they'd all start paused)
it seems a lot of people are having this problem, so it might be something to look into. don't mean to rush just would love to be able to play the game in its full glory