Other than the fact that most people don't know how to read a VirusTotal result and understand the concept of false positive? It's not all that uncommon for people (who don't use ad blockers) to accidentally download malware from an ad and mistake that as the file everyone else is getting. There's also cases where a specific program or file packaged with the game, such as ones used in text hooking programs, gets flagged and people that don't understand why it gets flagged have a knee-jerk reaction of calling the download a virus.
Now unless you're savvy with computer security, it's strongly not recommended for you to download a possibly infected file just to double check if that's infected. So the rational thing to do is ask questions and try to figure out whether the person making the claim has any weight to what they're saying. Also, personally downloading an infected file from multiple sources to try to prove a point doesn't exactly give us, or at least me, hope that you know what you're doing.
But considering that the game's been around since 2017 and most of us on the thread that have downloaded/played the game hasn't had an issue, you'd have to understand why we'd be extra skeptical. Plus, someone already addressed why the game might be flagged as a virus and nothing you've said indicates that you're experiencing a different issue.
If you think what I'm saying isn't fair, you're free to share your thoughts.