The demo (v1.07, released in 2018) does crash (black screen) after the screen setup window (immediately after clicking the 'Try Demo' button).
Without VC++ 2010, it did not even reach the screen setup window.
CO v21.1 Linux
Then I tested the game distributed by GOG (v1.55), it does not crash (no demo button), and does not requires VC++ 2010.