If a game supports the Steam Cloud, your saves will be automatically synced between your PCs (source): Steam Family Library Sharing allows family members and their guests to play one another’s games while earning their own Steam achievements and saving their own game progress to the Steam Cloud.
Where do games keep save files?
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. Other titles may bury saves in your user’s %APPDATA% folder. You may have to Google the game in question to confirm where its save files are stored.
Does Steam Family Share Share saves?
Family Sharing allows family members to share games while keeping their accounts separate. Family and guests can play one another’s games while earning their own Steam achievements and saving their own game progress to the Steam Cloud.
Does Steam family share share save files?
When using family library sharing, you share your whole steam games library with other users that log into their own steam accounts on your computer. They will be able to access, download and play any of your games. With their own save files (if there are any).
What happens when I save a game to another computer?
So things like unlocked ships, stats, etc. will be saved between computers. What isn’t transfered is a saved ongoing game. So if you save and quit at any point, you can’t continue that game on a different computer, but you will be able to start a new game with any unlocked ships you have. Oh, OK thanks. steam cloud is not available for all games.
Where are my save games stored on Steam?
Not all games support cloud saves which is the feature you would need for this to work. Well, game save data is normally stored separately from the games themselves. Are these games which have uploaded their save files to the “Steam Cloud” or were they saved locally on the other machine?
Where is game save data stored on Nintendo Switch?
Where is game save data stored? On Nintendo Switch, game save data is stored on the console’s System Memory. This will not change whether downloadable software or software from a game card is being played. Game save data cannot be saved or copied to a microSD card.
Can a game be saved to the cloud?
The games you play will create a saved folder for data locally but depending on where you bought the game, the cloud storage will also kick in. I know for Steam you have to check the game and make sure it has a cloud icon to know it supports it.
