The Steam Cloud can be toggled for individual games, or as a global Steam setting for all games. When Steam Cloud functionality of a game is disabled, all progress that would normally be saved via the cloud will only be saved locally on the machine where the progress was made.
Where does Steam save local files?
Games that utilize Steam’s cloud saves may store these files under C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Userdata. You may also find some games store their save files in your Documents folder—look for a folder with the game’s name, the publisher’s name, or inside the “My Games” folder.
How do I restore Steam save files?
Restoring from Backup Files
- Install Steam and log in to the correct Steam account (see Installing Steam for further instructions)
- Launch Steam.
- Click on “Steam” in the upper left corner of the Steam application.
- Select “Backup and restore games…”
- Select “Restore a previous backup”
Where are my old Steam cloud saves?
To find your save files, visit Valve’s View Steam Cloud page in your web browser and sign in with your Steam account. You’ll see a list of games using your Steam Cloud storage. Locate the game in the list (hit Ctrl+F to use the browser’s search)—and click “Show Files” to see all the files for a game.
How do I manually download Steam Cloud saves?
How to download Steam Cloud saves
- Open your web browser and access the Steam Cloud page.
- Sign in with your Steam account.
- You can view all game files saved to Steam Cloud here. Locate the game whose files you want to download and click Show Files.
- Click Download next to every file.
- Save the downloaded files to your computer.
Where can I find steam cloud save files?
Valve lets you download your Steam cloud save files via a web browser, too. You can download just your save files without re-downloading the entire game. To find your save files, visit Valve’s View Steam Cloud page in your web browser and sign in with your Steam account. You’ll see a list of games using your Steam Cloud storage.
Why are my steam cloud saves not syncing?
For example, if one of your games has mods or another reason why your saves might be incompatible with another machine, you may want to not sync those saves to avoid the risk of save corruption. Also, if steam gets confused about the newest saves, it doesn’t give an option to keep both saves as is.
Are there any PC games that sync with steam cloud?
This is especially useful for multi-platform games that don’t automatically synchronize save files between platforms. For example, Borderlands 2 is available for both PC and Mac. It synchronizes its save files with Steam Cloud, but both the PC and Mac versions sync save files separately.
How can I Share my steam save files?
To share save files across platform, simply copy over the save files. If you cannot find your steam save folder (probably because you have owned the game in Epic and just bought the Steam copy recently), first start a new game with Steam, then save the new game.
