Where is the save files? Save missing...

[LadyStarFaerie]

I made a new sim and a house for them. Well it saved and then I worked on more progress another day. The game shut down by itself and when I loaded it the game not only didn't save when it shut down, but the entire past save is gone meaning the sim and their house don't exist. I can find no save files in the steam folder and it doesn't appear one drive is even on. How can I locate a missing save that disappeared when the game shut down? Its one thing if I lost my progress from something unsaved, but this is like two saves back gone.

Is there any way to auto save? Weird.

[galaxyleggings]

Theres no way to auto-save, and if the save file is actually gone there is no way to retrieve it. What I suggest doing is when you exit the game each time you play, find the save file and copy it onto your desktop or something so that this cant happen again

[Xeriath]

First the Sims 4 doesn’t have auto-save on PC, only manually save. (Console has maybe a auto-save function)
Second the save should be under your document folder: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 -> saves

[Lady Aeleanor]

MC Command Center has an auto-save feature. But, it can be flaky. Just remember to hit escape and Save from the main menu every 5-10 minutes - especially if you're creating a new Sim.