Delete all progress

[InReverse]

How do you delete all progress and start over from the begining?

[Traveller]

Go to AppData\Local\Returnal\Steam\Saved

[Ron83]

So the only way to start a new game is to delete the save file manually?

[^𝅒_𝅒^]

And desactivate Steam Cloud

[^𝅒_𝅒^]

In other words, it becomes complicated.

[NJZ]

Delete saved game files, disconnect from the internet, play the game, then reconnect to the internet and select the local saved game files.

[Ron83]

Thanks

[RookTheCunning]

From ps5 experience. You should be able to do it when you start up the game. It was abandon cycle or something like that.

[InReverse]

Thanks for all the answers. I will try to delete the save file

[InReverse]

Originally posted by mebesara:

Go to AppData\Local\Returnal\Steam\Saved

Cant find any save file

[sbN]

Originally posted by RookTheCunning:

From ps5 experience. You should be able to do it when you start up the game. It was abandon cycle or something like that.

which doesn't start you over. It just continues the game in a new cycle. Which isn't the same thing.

[Sapca11]

Someone said this before but for clarification, what worked on my end, without disconnecting from the internet, was:
- Install Game
- Right-click Game on Steam Library -> Properties -> On The General Menu search for Steam Cloud and untick/uncheck/disable the option to Keep the Save Games in Steam Cloud for Returnal.
- Go to C->Users->Your Name (PC Name) -> App Data (If you don't see it, check to see hidden files and folders) -> Local -> Returnal (Delete the whole folder or...) -> Steam -> Saved.
- Launch the game from Steam again, and it will restart your progress.

I have not yet played again as I will do it at a later date but, I think you should Check Use Steam Cloud again before you exit the game after playing it the 1st time. Most likely Steam will see a conflict between Local vs Cloud and you will choose Local.

[Sapca11]

Ok so. Finally revisited Returnal and fully completed it.

In order to reactivate Steam Cloud and get Your Local Save files to Steam Cloud, you have to do this.
Before activating Steam Cloud
- Open the game and wait for the local save file to load. Check if everything is good, if you are where you were and that you have your Ether currency, as that is persistent within sessions.
- Close Returnal - You can either Suspend the Cycle (which I did) or End the Cycle.
- Wait for Steam to close the game, and the green (playing) icon to disappear.
- (Optional) - You can Copy Paste your Local Save File to another folder just to be sure you do not lose it.
- Right Click Returnal on Steam --> Properties --> General Menu --> Steam Cloud - Check/Activate Steam Cloud. Close the menu.
- Upon doing this, Steam will notify you that it couldn't sync your save files with the cloud and that there is a conflict. Click on the conflict notification.
- Upon opening the menu, it will ask you which files to keep and which files to upload to the Cloud. By using Local Save (which should be the latest between the 2) you will upload and override the save file and SYNC Steam Cloud with your Local Save.
- Now you can play the game with Steam Cloud activated and it will sync your local files with the Cloud Ones. No issues, no conflicts.

If by any chance you want to delete your game progress again, and delete all the saved files, you need to do the steps prior to this post.