Do you want to quickly find the save of a particular game? Then you are here! This guide contains information about the most popular places and the rarest folders where developers put their saves for their games. The article contains material not only about new, but also about old, as well as pirated games.
The information in this article is relevant only for personal computers running Windows, starting with Vista and older.
Folder "My Documents"
In this section Windows systems you can find save games from the following companies and developers:- Electronic Arts prefers to put saves directly into a folder so you can see the data right away Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Mirror "s Edge, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, data and other content from all FIFA games.
- Please note that an EA Games folder can be created immediately, where the save from Dead Space 2, Dead Space 3.
- All games in the series Need for Speed are located in "My Documents", or in subfolders with the names of the development studios, for example, Criterion Games ( Hot Pursuit (2010) Most Wanted (2012)), Ghost Games ( Need for Speed: Rivals, Need for Speed (2015)).
- BioWare, on the other hand, prefers to place all of its games in a separate subfolder of the same name, in the My Documents directory. There you will find the save from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition and others.
- It is impossible not to pass by Rockstar Games - in the name folder, in the "My Documents" directory, there are saves from GTA 4, GTA 5, Max Payne 3 and others.
- Ubisoft games are also often placed in the "My Documents" folder - there you will find savegames from the Assassin's Creed series, ANNO, and many others.
- And, of course, WB Games - save Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham City GOTY, Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Knight, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor are in the "My Documents" folder.
- Other publishers and developers love this folder as well - you'll find recent hits like Lords of the Fallen, Witcher 3, Project CARS, Dying Light and many others.
My Games folder
Separately, I would like to draw your attention to the folder "My Games" located in the same directory "My Documents" - there are stored the save Far Cry 3, Far Cry 4, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, GRiD series, Dirt series, Sid Meier's Civilization series, Borderlands series, X-Com series, The Elder Scrolls series and, of course, save from Watch Dogs.Special folder "Saved games"
Few people even know about the existence of such a folder. However, if you go to the address C: Users% Username% Saved Games, then you can find the save from Crysis 2, Crysis 3, RAGE, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, Risen 3: Titan Lords, Command & Conquer 3 and others.
Roaming folder
The Roaming system folder is located at C: Users% UserName% AppDataRoaming. Many developers put the save of their games there, but you need to search not only directly for subfolders with the name of a particular game, but also subfolders with the names of the developers.In the "Roaming" folder, you can find the saves of the following games:
- Battle for Middle-Earth and Battle for Middle-Earth 2, and all addons;
- all games in the Total War series, including Total War: Shogun 2, Total War: Rome 2, Total War: Attila in the The Creative Assembly subfolder;
- profiles of some Ubisoft games - Assassin's Creed Series, Anno Series, Tom Clancy's Series;
- Cities: Skylines in a subfolder named Colossal Order;
- and some others.
Program Data and LocalLow folder
The system folder "Program Data" is located at C: ProgramData. As usual, you need to search for game saves not only directly by the names of a particular game, but also by subfolders with the name of the developer studio. An example is the latest games from Codemasters - DiRT 3: CE, GRID 2 and GRID: Autosport - save from them are in this folder.In the second case, you need a folder located at C: Users% UserName% AppDataLocalLow. Here you can find the save Warhammer 40,000: Regicide (in the Hammerfall Publishing folder), as well as saving indie projects, for example Armikrog (in the PencilTestStudios folder).
Where do indie games store their saves?
In this case, you first need to look directly in the game folder. However, if the game is released on Steam, then start your search in the "My Documents" folder, and then follow the instructions above.Where do old games store saves?
If we are talking about games of the period 2000-2010, then the tips will be the same - the "My Documents" folder, the "My Games" subpackage in the same place, the "Saved Games" system folder, and the "Roaming" system folder.Also, pay close attention to the folder itself with installed game- there will probably be a "Data" or "Saves" folder with saves.
Where do Origin games store saves?
Since this client is part of the Electronic Arts online store, the same folder “My Documents” will become the main place for searching.Where do Uplay games store saves?
V recent times all Ubisoft games take up quite a few folders on the computer. Saves may be stored in My Documents, but game profiles, without which they will be useless, will be located in the Roaming folder, and some license data must be searched for in the C: Program Files (x86) UbisoftUbisoft Game Launcher.Where do Battle.Net games store saves?
Alas, Blizzard games do not store any significant data of the player on his personal computer, everything lies on the company's servers.Where do Steam games store saves?
In this case, you won't have to run anywhere. You just need to clarify the details. The Steam client stores all saves in its own folder, for example Steamuserdata123456789, where 123456789 is the user's unique digital ID. I guess most people will have one folder in the Steamuserdata directory, since there is only one account registered.We go into our conditional folder "123456789" and see there a bunch of folders with digital names. To find the one you need, compare the date of installation of the game with the date of creation of the folder, if it was a long time ago and you no longer remember or for some other reason, refer to.
Just enter the digital code into the search and pay attention to the end of the search results, the "Apps found for 242700" block:
Now let's talk about pirate games
Immediately, we note that the save from pirated games, licensed versions of which are distributed using Uplay or Origin, will be in the same places as in the case of purchase. So you can easily find them by following the instructions above.Games from Blizzard, as mentioned above, have become entirely networked, so there is nothing to pirate in fact.
But with pirated Steam games, you will have to tinker with, since the save, as mentioned above, has a digital code.
You can find this digital code through all the same, just enter the name of the game in the search, and also select the Game item in the App Type menu, or you can go to Google with the request "where the licensed version of Game Name" stores the save "or" where is the Steam version GameName "stores save".
Once you find out the AppID, feel free to start a search on the C drive or on the drive where you have Windows installed. The fact is that various repackers and crackers place the saves of pirated games released on Steam in completely different folders, these can be system folders like "Roaming", "ProgramData", subfolders with the names of release groups or crackers. Manually going through all the options is just a waste of time.
Nothing found? Probably, the saves for this game are made by its name, this also happens, but less often. Search again for keyword games, however first check the My Documents folder as well as the MyGames subfolder.
Thank you for the attention!
Many have come across a situation when, for one reason or another, it becomes necessary to change the device, but they do not want to lose progress in their games. And then the thought may appear in my head that all the files of the game, including the saves made during it, must be somewhere. And if the game does not imply a constant connection to the Internet, then the files with the save should be stored on the PC / mobile device, and by copying them to any storage medium, the game in the future can be started from the same place where you left off. So where are the game saves stored?
Of course on different device these places are different, as well as the path to them. Therefore, this article will analyze the most common locations for save files on two platforms: PC (Windows) and mobile device (Android).
Where are game saves stored
Mainly on personal computers game save files are located directly in the game folder. However, this does not always work: games that require an Internet connection, such as MMORPGs, as well as multiplayer shooters, do not have save files at all. So you shouldn't even try to search for them: all data about the user's account and his progress are saved.
But not all games are in their folders. Where are game saves stored if you can't find them in the folder where the game was installed? In the semi-system folder Local. It also contains games downloaded from major sites like Steam, BattleNet, and the Ubisoft website. In this case, all game data, including save files, will be located in the root folders of these sites. Sometimes it happens that files of applications installed via torrent / disk appear here, so it's always worth checking this folder.
In the line with the address, you need to write C: \ Users \
Where are saved games stored on "Android"
The files for most Android games are located in the Data folder. However, this only applies to games and applications downloaded from Play Market, or do not have a cache and additional files.
How to get there
In order to get into the Data folder, you need to open the phone files, select the device memory and find the Android folder there. It will contain several files, among which is the cherished Data. 90% of application files are stored here, which can be easily copied. However, digging into the folders of games, you should be careful: if you delete / cut out any file that the game needs, then it may not start or dump progress.
However, sometimes, especially when downloading games not through the Play Market, but from various third-party sites, or if the game needs additional cache, it may not be in this list... This is because such games create a separate folder for themselves during installation. In this case, where are the save games stored, besides this folder? They can be located in two places: in the root folder in the device memory or in the games tab here.
In this case, the save files are located inside this folder.
How to update saves
So, the files have been copied and saved, and the device is updated. The user enters the game - and it starts over. How can you correctly insert the save game so that you can return the previous progress?
Everything is quite simple: you need to add the previously copied files to where the game save files are stored. The path to these places is detailed above. Next, you need to delete all perfect saves and insert those that were copied from the previous device instead.
Important: if various modifications or add-ons have been installed in the game, they must be installed before transferring the saves, otherwise the game runs the risk of crashing and deleting all files that interfere with it.
If the game has an open world (for example, some kind of sandbox), then it is better to first walk around this world in order to download it. Otherwise, after a situation is possible when the game hangs, trying to load all location files that were opened by the player in his old save.
So, finally we got to this game. We hasten to inform you about the location on the local disk where the game stores save files.
It:
C: \ Users \ Username \ Documents \ My Games \ Kings Bounty The dark Side
In addition, the game stores profiles, cache, game error log, game settings, etc. in this folder. things.
It's all. If necessary, you can make a backup of this folder for the future, in order to continue the game after a while, and not start over. good luck!
If you came to us on this issue, therefore, you did not find on your own where the save for such a game as Risen 3: Titan Lords is.
Well, especially for you, we found out on the question of where the game stores the save files. Remember:
C: \ Users \ Username \ Saved Games \ Risen3 \ SaveGames
As you can see, there is nothing complicated. However, the standard screenshots and settings are stored in a completely different location. it
C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData \ Local \ Risen3
Well, you can find out where the save for the Divinity: Original Sin game are (are) right now.
It:
C: \ Users \ Username \ Documents \ Larian Studios \ Divinity Original Sin \ PlayerProfiles \ In-game profile name \ Savegames \
Here, only 3 folders higher are the game settings.
The save folder is created when you start the game and when it is reinstalled
So let's take a look at this topic and talk about the Project Cars game, namely, how the game stores save files and settings files. Like many recent titles, the game's developers have decided to share a place where the game will create different files.
So, the settings file for the game is stored in the My Documents-> Project CARS folder and is called graphicsconfigdx11.xml - this file can be edited by any editor to change the game settings without the need to launch the game itself.
It all depends on what kind of game you have: a license or a pirate. If on a license, then there is only one place for storing the save, but on pirate it may be different depending on the krak.
For Krak from Reloaded, the save files are here:
C: \ ProgramData \ Steam \ RLD! \ 255220 \
For the license, look for the save here:
Steam installed folder \ userdata \ 255220
If you have not found a save for these paths, let us know in the comments.
If you were looking for where the save for the game Enemy Front is and did not find them, then you have come to the right place. There is nothing new in the path to save for this game, but still, many may have difficulties in finding them. To make it easier for you, we inform you that the saves for the game are located in the folder:
C: \ Users \ Username \ Saved Games \ EnemyFront
or
C: \ Users \ Username \ Saved Games \ EnemyFront
So, this game has entered the world of games and many have already passed it and forgotten, and someone decided to make a backup of their saves, just in case.
In this case, you need to find out where the save for the game Wolfenstein: The New Order is stored.
We answer:
The saves can be found in the folder C: \ Users \ Username \ Saved Games \ MachineGames \ Wolfenstein The New Order \ base \ savegame
If you want to install other saves, just drop them into this folder.
A lot has changed in the series since the release of the previous Call Of Duty series, but only how the game stores the save remains unchanged.
So, the saves and settings for the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare game are in the game folder, the players2 folder - however, if the saves of a single company of one player are suitable for the game of another, then this will not work with multiplayer - the game will give an error about the incorrectness of the saved data and will reset the profile settings, which was the case in previous games in the series.
At the moment there is information that the save for this game can be found in the folder along the path C: \ Documents and Settings \ All Users \ Application Data \ Orbit \% GameId% \% UserName%
In this case, the UserName can change depending on the used krak, and the GameId for the Child of Light game is 611
If other information appears, it will be reported in this thread!
Finished the game and want to save your progress or share your walkthrough with a friend or online? Not a problem. To do this, just go to My Documents and find the Daylight folder there - in this folder, specifically in the SaveGames subfolder, the progress of the Daylight game is stored.
In this folder you can drop other saves that you downloaded on the network, or make a backup of existing saves.
If you have any questions, ask in the comments!
To install new saves or create a backup of existing ones, you should know that all saves for the game South Park: The Stick of Truth are stored in the folder
My Documents \ My Games \ South Park - The Stick of Truth
P.S: we want to apologize for the false information that was posted on this page before. The previous information did not reflect reality and did not answer the question.
Save for this game are in the folder C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData \ Roaming \ DarkSoulsII
If you want to delete the game, but keep the save, then copy the folder to another location on the disk. Subsequently, you can restore the save and continue the game without starting over.
It's even easier with a license. saves are automatically copied to cloud storage and then it can be restored by simply installing and running the game.
The saves for this game are located in:
My documents / Banished / Save
Regardless of Windows OS, the save will be in this folder.
The game may be released on other operating systems, and there will be different storage locations for the Save-files of the game.
Many players do not think about where the computer can save their game files. After reaching some progress in the game, the player may want to roll back their actions, and it may also be necessary to find the desired save. It can occur due to the fact that the player forgot to perform an important action in the game. How do you find where the game saves are located? In this article, we will find out where in Windows the so-called game saves can be located.
Location of saves
Games are usually saved to system disk... As a rule, it has the letter C in its name.
To find the save on the system drive:
- go to "My Computer" and select the C drive;
- open it, go to "documents and settings", then select account- "local settings-applications";
- another way to find your saves is to go to the "My games" section in the "Documents" folder;
- finally, you can go to the folder of the game itself, which will most likely be located in C / Program Files / Games. Look for save files there by scrolling to the bottom;
- Please note that if you wanted to download the save from the network, for example, in order to go through a certain mission, or rather to jump over it, then most likely the file is saved in the Downloads folder. Do not forget that you need to download the save from trusted sources, so as not to download a virus program that can harm the game and the computer.
The Downloads folder is located in the Documents folder. You can learn more about where games can be saved from the article
If you are hoping to find a save for the Quantum Break game on a local disk, then we are in a hurry to disappoint you. Quantum Break is one of those games that save progress only in the cloud, bypassing saving on your HDD / SSD. It is for this reason that many errors arose at the start of the game, when players simply lost their progress through the game. Most likely, the servers simply did not have time to process the save request from each player, which is why problems arose.
All this is done for the sake of so
Most often, people who want to play on multiple profiles in the game are interested in finding saves in Far Cry Primal. Unfortunately, initially there is no such possibility, but if you customize the game and Uplay a little, such an opportunity appears.
So, first of all, you need to turn off cloud sync in Uplay for Far Cry Primal (or for all games in general). The fact is that synchronization by default downloads the latest files from the cloud, which means playing on the first pro
The long wait for the release of the new part of Fallout was not in vain. The developers did not particularly delay from the moment of announcement to release and decided to announce the game six months before its actual release.
The game itself was developed on a slightly tweaked Skyrim engine, which means that the structure of files and folders has not been changed much. What does it mean? - This means that Fallout 4 saves can be found in almost the same way as Skyrim saves (Fallout 3 / New Vegas, Oblivion)
A little late, but still we are ready to answer many questions of interest - where does MGS V Phantom Pain store save files so that you can not lose progress in case of something. Although saves are automatically copied to the cloud, sometimes it makes sense to store them elsewhere or even on the local drive of your computer.
So, in the case of this game, the developers did not particularly stand out and decided to record the progress directly in the folder with Steam. You can find progress files for licenses
Cities: Skylines is without a doubt the best city-building simulator of recent years. No connection requirements, interesting gameplay, mod support, responsive developers - all this makes you buy the game and enjoy it to the fullest. But now it's not really about the game.
In this thread, we will address some issues related to the game Cities: Skylines such as:
-where the save is stored.
-How and where to install mods in Cities: Skylines on pirates. for a license
Let's continue our collection of articles on game saves with a game like Resident Evil Revelations 2. Let's get down to business.
So, where are the save files for the game RE Revelations 2. You can find them:
On pirate with krak from Codex in C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData \ Roaming \ Steam \ CODEX \ 287290
On a license in the folder with Steam \ userdata \ user_id \ 287290 \ remote
However, this is not all. Unlike
Actually, we will continue the tradition and write, for those who do not know where the games store their saves. The next step is such a well-known title as Far Cry 4. In principle, the game does not bring anything new to the gameplay after the previous part, and that's good.
So, Far Cry 4 saves are for pirates:
Game folder \ bin \ profiles
or
Game folder \ bin \ save3dmgames
For license:
C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Ubisoft \ Ubisoft Game Launcher \ savegames \)
