Please post any bugs you encounter in the Bug reports subforum on Steam.
Include a debug logfile, and if relevant a screenshot of the problem.
If the logfile is large you can use a free paste service, such as ZeroBin, and link to it.

The debug logfiles can be found in the logs folder in the path where Gods and Idols is installed.
The logfiles are just normal textfiles, simply double click it, copy the contents, and paste them in your bug-report post.
If the logfile is large you can use a free paste service, such as ZeroBin, and link to it.

To open the install folder, right click Gods and Idols in your steam library, select Properties, then Local files tab, and finally click the button that says Browse local files.

This is most often caused by a Steam error during installation.
OpenAL not being installing properly by Steam is a Steam issue and there's unfortunately nothing I can do to fix it.
You can try manually installing OpenAL by downloading it from www.openal.org/downloads/oalinst.zip
If you are still having issues after trying these steps please post a bug report with your debug logfile.

Disable cursor shadow, and cursor trail in Windows.

Follow the instructions below to reset the settings back to default.

Delete the file settings.ini in the bin folder where Gods and Idols is installed. This will reset all settings to their default.

Try deleting settings.ini to reset the settings to their default values.
If you are still having issues after this please post a bug report with your debug logfile.